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and Med., 1912, 9, p. 54) failed to obtain the reported results 

 with glutaric acid. 



Our interpretation of the diminution of the urinary constituents 

 is, however, entirely different from that offered by Baer and Blum. 

 Tartrates subcutaneously injected cause a prompt disintegration 

 of the cellular elements of the kidney tubules, leading to partial 

 or complete loss of secretory activity, and in many cases to anuria. 

 Hence, in phlorhizin diabetes urinary nitrogen and sugar are not 

 eliminated to an appreciable extent. 



