The volume of the parathyroid glands of the albino rat

✍ Scribed by Blumenfeld, Charles M. ;Rice, Helena M.

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1938
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 354 KB
• Volume: 70
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0003-276X
• DOI: 10.1002/ar.1090700208

✦ Synopsis

The volnmc of the parathyroid glands was studied both to contribute to the knowledge of the anatomy of the rat and to furnish a criterion of size for experimental studies. As far as could he d rmiiied from available literature the only qimilar stnclies made previoasly were those by Jackson ( 'IS), Overliolser ( 'as), Jacksoil and P'an ( '32) arid Rosof ('34).

(3 in this work consisted of sixty femalc and animals dcrired from the Wistar strain, groupecl as listed in table 2. They were raised in wire bottom cages, fed on NcColIum diet I plus 1% of cod liver oil, m d