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used to extract the fats and consequently the imdigested 

 fat appears to be much larger than it really is. 



Reference has been made to the return to the intes- 

 tinal tract of material that was absorbed into the circula- 

 tion and is in part returned to the intestines for excre- 

 tion, as, for instance, the phosphorus of phytin and other 

 compounds. Such material is not a part of the undigested 

 food residue. 



