THE EXCRETION OF CALCIUM THROUGH THE INTESTINE

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Observations on 18 normal cats showed a small but constant excretion of Ca through the small and large intestines. Ca injected into the veins of animals kept upon the usual diet of meat scraps and biscuit practically disappears from the blood within 3 hrs.; this cannot be accounted for by excretion through the bowels or kidneys, and apparently the excess Ca does not leave the body. The excretion of the injected Ca through the large and the small bowels is several times greater in parathyroidectomised than in normal animals. Administration of parathyroid extract was without significant effect upon the excretion of Ca through the bowel during a 6-hr. period.

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