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gen, which led the authors to suggest an increased nitrogenous catabolism 

 in scurvy. This comprises the total data on this subject. 



Summarizing the results of these few metabolic studies, it may be 

 stated that they harmonize in respect to only one point the positive 

 balance of calcium during the active stage of the disease. The investiga- 

 tion of Baumann and Howard on adult scurvy, of Lust and Klocman and 

 of Moll(&) on infantile scurvy, and of Howard and Ingvaldsen on the 

 monkey, are all in agreement in this important conclusion. 



