20Ô 



Chalmers Watson, 



b. Diet commenced when the animals were weaned, the controls being 



from the same litter. 



No. of 

 animals 



Diet 



Duration 



Mortality 



Maxm. 

 weight 



Wt. at 

 death 



Wt. of 

 kidneys 



Per- 

 centage 



1 



Ox-flesh 



6 mos. 



— 



135 



135 



2,20 



1,63 



1 



Bread and Milk 



6 „ 



— 



160 



160 



2,00 



1,25 



1 



Ox-flesh 



6 „ 



— 



120 



120 



1,80 



1,50 



1 



Bread and Milk 



fi „ 



— 



175 



175 



2,40 



1,37 



Table IV. Second generation of meat-fed rats^) 



a. One litter of ox-flesh-fed rats set, three months, with an average 



weight of 68 grammes, the control series being rice-fed subjects, 



whose growth had been arrested by the use of the rice diet, their 



average weight being 68 grammes. 



No. of 

 animals 



Diet 



Duration 



Mortality 



Maxm. 

 weight 



Wt. at 

 death 



Wt. of 

 kidneys 



Per- 

 centage 



6 



Horse-flesh 



3 mos. 



3 



412 



412 



6,67 



1,67 



4 



Mixed diet 



mainly rice 



(no meat). 



5 „ 





275 



275 



3,15 



1,14 



i). One litter of three horse-flesh-fed rats aet. three months, with one 

 control of exactly the same age. 



No. of 

 animals 



Diet 



■ 



Duration 



Mortality 



Maxm. 



weight 



Wt. at 

 death 



Wt. of 

 kidneys 



Per- 

 centage 



3 ' 



1 



Horse-flesh 

 Bread and Milk 



3 mos. 

 3 „ 



— ■ 



270 

 150 



270 

 150 



4,64 

 1,50 



1,71 



1,00 



^) In all cases under this table the young were put on meat-diet at weaning. 

 The age given denotes age at death. 



