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FRANCIS H. McCRUDDEN 



TABLE 11 

 METABOLISM OF PATIENT WITH INTESTINAL INFANTILISM (F. S.) 



Examination of the balances of the two patients with intestinal infanti- 

 lism shows a striking loss of calcium. In the case of F. H., magnesium 

 as well as calcium is lost. The results in the cases of intestinal infantilism 

 were in striking contrast to those of the dwarfs of other types and those, 

 of the normal boy. 



In the two other cases of intestinal infantilism, practically all the cal- 

 cium excreted is in the feces. The calcium excreted in the urine is almost 

 negligible, the amount excreted in a week being less than the normal 

 excretion for a day. In marked contrast with the normal of twenty per 

 cent, the amount of calcium in the urine of these two cases is only one or 

 two per cent of the amount in the feces. In the case of F. H., there is as 

 much calcium in the feces as in the food ; in the case of F. S., there is 60 

 per cent more than in the food. 



