STATISTICS OF EXPERIMENTS. 



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back tired. The subject urinated at 7 a. m. before coming to the laboratory, 

 and again at 8 h 15 m a. m. He defecated at 8 h 45 m a. m., the feces being copious, 

 watery, and light-colored. Immediately after the experiment was over he 

 defecated again at ll h 15 m a. m. No water was taken during the experiment 

 The measurements of the metabolism and urine are given in tables 10 and 11. 



CASE J. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE CASE. 



Male; born March 26, 1889; single; no occupation; onset of diabetes, 

 February 1908; sugar in urine 10 days later; came under our observation Sep- 

 tember 24, 1909; died, September 17, 1912. The earlier history of this case 

 has already been published. 1 



Later history of the case. No experiments have been made with this sub- 

 ject other than those previously published. From February 23, 1910, until 

 August 25, 1910, inclusive, the patient remained comfortable. Upon two 

 occasions the effect of oatmeal was tried. In the first trial, July 20-23, 1910, 

 inclusive, the initial day was a vegetable day; upon the two subsequent days 

 180 grams of carbohydrates were given each day in the form of oatmeal. A 

 positive carbohydrate balance of 55 and 40 grams respectively was obtained in 

 contrast with a positive carbohydrate balance of 5 grams upon the vegetable 



Table 12. Clinical chart Case J. 



1 8 grams of sodium bicarbonate given. 2 Vegetable day. 



3 Oatmeal day, 270 gms. oatmeal, 180 gms. butter, beef tea, 120 gms. wine. 



4 750 gms. 5 per cent. +6 per cent vegetables, 375 c.c. cream, 105 gms. butter, oil, beef extract, 120 gms. wine. 

 '270 gms. oatmeal, 180 gms. butter, 125 c.c. cream, beef extract, 120 gms. wine Feeling quite well. 

 6 2eggs, bacon, 630 gms. vegetables 5, 6, 10 per cent, 60 gms. pineapple, 300 gms. meat, 30 gms. oil, 375 c.c. 

 cream, 90 gms. butter, 60 gms. wine. 



day. The second experiment was made August 22-25, 1910, inclusive. The 

 first day was a vegetable day with 375 c.c. of cream; the second day an oatmeal 

 day in which 180 grams of carbohydrate were taken in the form of oatmeal; 

 on the third day approximately 40 grams of carbohydrate, 90 grams of pro- 

 tein, 6 grams of alcohol, and 170 grams of fat were eaten. The oatmeal pro- 

 duced a positive carbohydrate balance of 70 grams. Upon the vegetable day 

 preceding the oatmeal day the carbohydrate balance was 10 grams. The 

 urinary record for this case is given in table 12. The reaction for the urine was 

 acid throughout. On April 16 and in the July observations the slightest pos- 

 sible trace of albumen was found. In the August observations, however, this 

 had disappeared. 



Benedict and Joslin, loc. tit., p. 131. 



