Abstract
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The application of spirits of turpentine for 7 days to the nipples and adjoining skin of lactating mice weaned on the 4th day after parturition was shown to retard the rate of involution of the mammary lobule-alveolar systems. Similar applications of turpentine to castrate and normal females failed to stimulate the growth of alveoli. Pseudo-pregnancy was not stimulated in the normal female. It is suggested that the retardation in the involution process is due to the great subcutaneous hyperemia produced by the turpentine applications.
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