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METABOLISM IN SEVERE DIABETES. 



was able to assimilate at least 100 grams of carbohydrate per day. The num- 

 ber of cases of moderately severe and light diabetes are so few as to make them 

 a secondary consideration in this discussion. A brief description of the cases 

 is given in table 2. 



DIET. 



The diet of the patient was arranged in accordance with that described 

 in the previous report. 1 By strict diet is meant foods containing no carbo- 

 hydrates such as meat, fish, eggs, and their derivatives, oil, butter, coffee, 

 and tea. The vegetables used contained varying amounts of carbohydrates, 

 ranging between 5 and 10 per cent; but the total amount of carbohydrates 

 given during the day in the form of cooked and uncooked vegetables closely 

 approximated and is estimated at 10 grams. 



LIST OF EXPERIMENTS WITH DIABETICS. 



The experimental data from which the deductions in this book are drawn 

 were obtained from a large number of cases with a considerable number of 

 experiments. A list of the experiments in the second series, together with the 

 number of periods, is given in table 3. 



Table 3. -List of experiments with diabetics lying in bed, 1910-1911. 



1 These experiments with Case X were made with the subject sitting in the chair calorimeter. 



As an indication of the amount of experimental material available for 

 deductions, a summarized list of all our experiments to date is also given in 

 table 4. 



1 Benedict and Joslin, loc. cit., p. 29. 



