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ON URIC ACID FORMATION 



TABLE III. 



Cat. The animal had previously been fed on casein for several days. 

 The pancreas was prepared as above. 



The following protocol is added to demonstrate uric acid 

 excretion during hepatic degeneration in a spleenless dog. 

 The results are of interest because they illustrate the produc- 

 tion of uric acid after exclusion of the function of the two 



TABLE IV. 



Spleenless dog. Phosphorous poisoning. 



* Uric acid was fed in capsules on these days for another purpose ; most 

 of it was again recovered in the faeces, and the absence of any corresponding 

 rise in nitrogen output indicates that it was not absorbed. 



t The dog vomited some of this food. 



