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. 1913 Oct 1;18(4):317–321. doi: 10.1084/jem.18.4.317

A NOTE ON THE FATE OF TARTRATES IN THE BODY

Frank P Underhill 1, H Gideon Wells 1, Samuel Goldschmidt 1
PMCID: PMC2125083  PMID: 19867708

Abstract

Under the experimental conditions outlined, sodium tartrate subcutaneously introduced into rabbits fails to reappear in the urine. It is concluded that the disintegrative influence of the salt upon the convoluted tubules is sufficient to account for the failure of the salt to be eliminated. No evidence of a vicarious function on the part of the glomerulus was observed.

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