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STARTING from the general thesis that volatile acids are produced in large quantity in the rumen of the sheep, McAnally and Phillipson1 showed that some at all events of these acids are absorbed from the rumen and are found in considerably greater quantities in the blood coming from that organ and from the large intestine than in the blood coming from other parts of the alimentary canal.
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McAnally, R., and Phillipson, H. T., Proc. Physiol. Soc.; J. Physiol. (in the press).
Locke, F. S., and Rosenheim, O., J. Physiol., 36, 205 (1907).
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BARCROFT, J., MCANALLY, R. & PHILLIPSON, A. Physiological Action of Acetic Acid in Living Tissues. Nature 151, 304 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151304a0
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