Hypochromic Anaemias and Iron Deficiency

Studies in Iron Transportation and Metabolism. Iv. Observations on the Absorption of Iron From the Gastro-Intestinal Tract 12

“…Groen and Taylor (20) have demonstrated, however, that the difference is largely due to iron retained because of adsorption by the mucosa, rather than to actual absorption. While the third method has certain advantages, it not only is time consuming and indirect, but has recently been challenged on the ground that much more iron is actually absorbed and retained by the body following therapeusis than is utilized for immediate hemoglobin synthesis (12,21,22,23).…”

“…From the hemoglobin increase is then calculated the percentage of iron that has been utilized (15,16,17). The [5][6]1937, and in part before the Sixteenth International Physiological Congress, Zurich, August [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]1938. 2 The authors wvish to express their appreciation to John T. Read the iron which may be absorbed and then excreted into the colon (18).…”