Abstract
It has been stated by Rosenfeld that the administration of phlorhizin to dogs with Eck fistula does not induce glucosuria. This observation would have so much bearing upon our ideas of the mode of action of phlorhizin that the subject required confirmatory evidence.
One gram of phlorhizin in olive oil emulsion was given to a dog on which an Eck fistula had been done. Glucose was found in the urine in considerable quantity for nine days subsequent to the phlorhizin adminstration.
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