Abstract
The experiments cited in the preceding note 1 served as controls for experiments in which the same order of magnitude of increase in nitrogen consumption was obtained by the administration of urea instead of protein. The results given in Table I suggest that the simple hypothesis of a work hypertrophy may be inadequate as an explanation for the increased kidney weight in young rats, and demonstrate that in adult rats a marked increase in nitrogen consumption may have no effect on the weight of the kidney.
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