CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF RABB11S. 



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LIVERS. 



The livers of the rabbits were dried and powdered. The total ash 

 of tlu> livers of the normal rabbits is higher than the ash of the livers 

 of those fed inorganic phosphorus which, in turn, is slightly higher 

 than the ash of the livers of those fed organic phosphorus. 



The changes produced in the livers do not seem to include any 

 large storage of phosphorus in the organ, for the livers of the rabbits 

 fed organic phosphorus which show the largest excess of fat contain 

 the lowest permit ago of total and ot her-alcohol-soluble phosphorus, 

 and the livers of the rabbits fed inorganic phosphorus, which have 

 a lower fat content, contain a lower percentage of phosphorus than 

 the normal rabbits' livers. Not onl\ i> there a diH'erence in the total 

 phosphorus content of the various liveis. but the livers of t he rabbits 

 fed organic phosphorus contain a lower percentage of ether-alcohol- 

 -oluble phosphorus than i> present in the other cases, the normal 

 livers >howing the highest figures. That there is an excess of fat 

 in tin- livers of the rabbit-* fed an excessive amount of phosphorus, 

 whether organic r inorganic. i> >hown by the figures for the ether- 

 >olublc matter. iKiiueh. H.'.~> pel- cent in the case of t he rabbits fed 

 oruMiiie pho.xphorus, 34.48 per cent in the livers of those fed inor- 

 u r ani<- pho.xphorus. and only 14.47 per cent in the case of the livers of 

 the normally fed rabbit-. 



TABLK X. A> > rs ( water-free b<> 



In Table X the results for the body weights, liver weights, total 

 nitrogen, total phosphorus, and ether extract found in the Livers of 

 the various rabbits are given. That phosphorus in the forms fed tends 

 to enlarge the livers is seen from the percentage of total weight of the 

 livers in terms of the body weight of the rabbits. In the case of Nos. 



