“…They are the shortening of erythrocyte life span already after the first FA injection and increased excretion of iron through the gastrointestinal tract after repeated FA injections. Iron metabolism disturbances in severe anaemia occurring after repeated FA injections differ from those considered as characteristic for the anaemia of chronic inflammatory states (Cartwright, 1966;Lukens and others, 1967;Keiderling and Schmidt, 1959;Hemmeler, 1951;Heilmeyer and Pl6tner, 1937) in one respect. This is the marked decrease of iron content in spleen and liver after repeated FA injections.…”