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tics of well-nourished young rats. In Fig. 7 are re- 

 produced curves which show the failure of a rat to 

 present normal growth on a diet containing protein- 

 free milk and gliadin as the only protein. The 



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FIGURE 7. FAILURE OF GROWTH ON 

 GLIADIN PLUS PROTEIN-FREE MILK. 



frontispiece shows the photograph of this rat (B) 

 and as a contrast that of a rat (A) of the same 

 age presenting normal growth, together with a pho- 

 tograph of a rat (C) of the same weight as (B) but 

 much younger. This stunting is apparently a method 



