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Injections of acid extract of anterior pituitary of cattle have a stimulating effect on the growth of cartilage and bone of growing guinea pigs. The various layers of the cartilage cells become hypertrophie and hyperplastic, and are subsequently quickly calcined and replaced by bone. The epiphyseal line undergoes, therefor, premature closure under the influence of the extract.
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