Abstract
Six cats were thyroparathyroidectomized and autoplastically grafted with the two external parathyroids. In four animals the glands were implanted into a pocket cut in the sternohyoid muscle; the remaining two cats were transplanted in the rectus abdominis muscle. The parathyroids were dissected free from all investing membranes, the dissection being done in a half and half mixture of warm, sterile Ringer's solution and blood serum of the animal from which the glands were taken. In some instances the parathyroids remained in the solution for fifteen minutes before implantation. Table I summarizes the principal results of the experiment.
In a series of homoplastic transplantations, twenty-eight cats were used, the donor of the glands being of the same sex as the recipient, and as nearly the same age as possible. The grafts were of two types with respect to the time when made: (1) immediately following the onset of tetany symptoms; (2) simultaneous or criss-cross operations in which the parathyroids of two cats were exchanged. Tables II, III, IV summarize the chief results of the various types of operation.
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