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Data have been presented which demonstrate the rapidity with which solutions of glucose of varying concentrations when placed in the stomach of the dog are changed, so that when the solutions reach the small intestine the variations in the concentrations are of a small order. These findings may in part explain the differences in the rate of absorption when the gastro-intestinal tract is used as a physiological unit and when only a single segment of this unit is utilized.
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