CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Part I. Introduction 3 



Plan of research 4 



Apparatus and methods 7 



Determination of gaseous tensions of aveolar air 7 



Ventilation of the lungs 7 



Determination of sugar in the urine 8 



A copper-reduction method of sugar analysis (A. W. Peters) 8 



The heating power 8 



The process of reduction 9 



The determination of reduced copper 10 



The control of all of the conditions 11 



Calorimetric measurements 12 



Part II. Statistics of experiments on the metabolism of diabetics 15 



Classification of cases 15 



Diet 16 



List of experiments with diabetics 16 



Case A 17 



Case B 18 



Case G 19 



Case H 19 



Case 1 21 



Case J 23 



Case K 24 



Case L 25 



Case M 27 



Case N 29 



Case O 36 



Case P 41 



Case Q 51 



Case R 55 



Case S 61 



Case T 63 



Case U 66 



Case V 75 



Case W 76 



Case X 79 



Part III. Discussion of results and general conclusions 85 



Pulse-rate 85 



Body-temperature 87 



Body-weight 89 



Nitrogen excretion of diabetics without food 102 



Gaseous metabolism 104 



Carbon-dioxide excretion in diabetes 104 



Oxygen consumption in diabetes 107 



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