TABLES 
The following tables give salient statistics on the size and weight of various organs and glands of the 
Europ)ean hamster, Cricetus cncetus L. 
The data for Tables 9 through 22a were obtained bv examining the organs of five groups of European 
hamsters (five males and five females in each group) in a study of the influence of hibernation on the various 
endocrine (hypophysis or pituitary gland, thyroid glands, pancreatic islets, adrenal glands) and exocrine 
glands. The data for tables 1 through 8 were based on a sample of 10 males and 10 females. 
Group January (WH) 
Groupjanuary (H) 
Group May (WH) 
Group May (H) 
Group October (WH) 
was killed without hibernation in January. 
was killed during hibernation in January. 
was killed without hibernation in May. 
was killed after awakening from hibernation in May. 
was killed before hibernation in October. 
Data given for the weights and measures include the mean (x) and standard deviation (s). 
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