THE ACIDITY OF THE GASTRIC CONTENTS OF NORMAL, CRETIN AND HYPERTHYROID RABBITS

Abstract
The concentration of HCl of the gastric contents (normal and histamine induced) of cretin rabbits, with severe anemia and cachexia, is the same as in normal rabbits. The HCl of the gastric contents of rabbits with experimental hyperthyroidism is depressed but not absent. The total HCl of the gastric contents of normal and cretin rabbits ranges from 0.2 to 0.56%.

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