Talk:Book - Contributions to Embryology Carnegie Institution No.53
From Embryology
(14) The weight changes observed in the individual organs in the test rats during prenatal inanition, as compared with normal fetuses of the same bodyweight, show the following average percentage differences in weight :
p. ct.
Brain -j-12
Spinal cord -II 26
Eyeballs +31
Thymus -21
Heart + 8
p. ct.
Lungs —39
Liver — 45
Spleen +34
Stomach with contents — 4 Stomach empty + 6
p. ct. Intestines with eontents +15
Intestines empty . . — 2
Pancreas — 0.20
Suprarenals —52
p. ct.
Kidneys ■
+Testes + 10
Epididymides .... + 17
Ovaries + 1.3
Thyroid — 20
