Abstract
Summary
A technic is proposed through which changes in degree of tolerance for the upright position can be followed in the rabbit. Through use of the technic, a minimum tolerance is demonstrated in rabbits harboring depleting infections, and in rabbits softened by maintenance for a week or more in cages too small to permit exercise, and a heightened tolerance following subjection to either a preliminary chilling sequence, a single preliminary chilling followed by ascorbic acid administration, or a sequence of feedings of desiccated thyroid.
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