It is now well known that the skeleton serves as a store of calcium and phosphorus, and that a part of the mineral requirements of lactation is met by bone resorption. In an earlier communication (Warnock & Duckworth, 1944) the literature was surveyed and the role of the spongiosa as a source of minerals for lactation in the rat was studied under conditions of adequate calcium intake.
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