Summary.
1. The speed of absorption of calcium in rats is influenced by the levels of calcium in the diet; but only as long as the skeleton is kept unsaturated with calcium salts from an early age.
2. Calcium starvation in adult rats and in pregnancy does not increase the speed of absorption of calcium.
3. Thymus and the gonads do not appear to influence the absorption of Ca.
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