THE METABOLISM IN INFANTILISM 



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TABLE 18 



SHOWING FREE AND COMBINED FATTY ACIDS, PHOSPHATE, CALCIUM, AND MAGNESIUM 



IN THE STOOLS 



to be spread out, as it were, to occupy as rmich space as possible. The 

 rate of growth of the body as a whole is, of course, determined by the 

 rate of growth of the skeleton. 



Blood was not obtained for analysis, but the low urinary calcium, in 

 the absence of nephritis, indicates a probable low blood calcium. Sthee- 

 man and Arntzenius have recently found the blood low in calcium in 

 this condition. The high calcium content of the f eces shows what is becom- 

 ing of this element, 



