CALCIUM ABSORPTION FROM THE INTESTINAL TRACT IN HUMAN SUBJECTS

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Abstract
There are numerous reports in the literature of the therapeutic value of calcium salts when given by mouth, more particularly in such conditions as the hyperesthesias and hypersusceptibilities; but their authors have never shown any convincing proof in the way of laboratory findings. Some assert that they have obtained slight elevations in the blood calcium level, but the blood changes reported were very small, and in no case have the blood analyses shown a variation great enough to indicate definitely that they were not due to experimental error. The absorption of calcium from the intestinal tract has been the subject of much discussion and the objective of a vast amount of research. Many investigators have denied that calcium is stored in the tissues or even absorbed from the intestinal tract. A great number of experiments have been reported in which animals were given large amounts of calcium salts orally and

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