200 Thyroid and Liver Glycogen 
emulsion was used for diastase determination by Wohlgemuth’s 
method.'* *! The results are shown in Tables III and IV. 
TABLE III. 
The Diastase Content of the Blood Serum of Thyroid-Fed Rabbits. 
Fo a a 3.30 2.64 2.86 2.58 
POO CM Uae cc. x2 Oats. Oats. Oats + Oats + 
greens. greens. 
Fresh pig thy- 
roid, 15 gm. 
per day..... June 8-11 June 13-16 June 8-11 June 8-11 
Diastase con- | 62.5 May 25} 62.5 June 12) 62.5 May 24| 62.5 May 24 
tent of se-|62.5 June 10/62.6 “ 15) 62.5 ©“ 25) 62.5 June 10 
rum, D. y= }62:5 “11/6215 9 “156225 June 11)/10070eea 
‘ 62:5 9“ ~12) 62.5, “f .°16)100.0,. °° “i262. see ee 
* Died on June 14. + Died on June 12. 
, TABLE IV. 
The Diastase Content of the Liver of Thyroid-Fed Rats. 
Thyroid-Fed Rats. Food, Desiccated Thyroid, 1 Gm. per Day; Paste, 4 Gm. 
per Day; Dog Biscuit, Freely; for 4 Days. 
BRAGS Titans ocho 2 ows wd veaplge Tete ees Sete a I bd III IV V 
Body.pweight,. gon cncgh ne ee meee 128.1} 162.9} 127.2) 109.0} 1383.0 
WLC Qi oo ahora: 7.44 9.8 6.4 4.6} 5.0 
Liver. Diastase content, Din= -..-.| 156 1-250 |°2507 | iSeaeeeaee 
Control Rats. Food, Paste, Gm. per Day; Dog Biscuit, Freely; for 4 Days. 
Se oe Oe eee er AR a it ME RISE Pili iy6 OSLO aRe aE I II III aly 
Botty. weight, (7a ae aed O.  e e e: 117.3) 148.4} 219.0} 301.4 
; BR Gcy tea 0 i/o Ok 4.44 6.1; 9.4! 10.3 
‘Liver. | Diastase content, D.n= ede. ous.| 15601106, 7) aOR 
3 Wohlgemuth, Biochem. Z., 1908, ix, 1. 
