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METABOLISM IN SEVERE DIABETES. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH CASE P. 



With this subject, three bed-calorimeter experiments were made and eight 

 respiration experiments; the larger part of these formed a part of two series. 

 Series I, which was made on September 29, 1911, consisted of three experi- 

 ments, i.e., a respiration experiment (P2), followed by an experiment with the 

 bed calorimeter (P3), and concluded by a second respiration experiment (P4). 

 Series II, which was carried out October 9-10, 1911, included five experiments, 

 beginning with a respiration experiment (P5) with the subject fasting, which 

 was followed by two oatmeal experiments, the first with the bed calorimeter 



Table 40. Clinical chart Case P. 



'Per cent. 2 Vegetable day, vegetables, bacon, broths, 240 c.c. cream. 



3 Oatmeal day, 240 gms. oatmeal, 180 gms. butter, 240 c.c. cream. 



(P 6) and the other with the respiration apparatus (P 7) . In the fourth experi- 

 ment (P8), the subject spent the night in the bed calorimeter, and the series 

 was concluded by a respiration experiment (P 9) following a beefsteak break- 

 fast. A comparison of the data for the calorimeter experiments is given in 

 table 57. The vital statistics for this subject were as follows: 



Date of birth, May 10, 1894; height, 173 cm.; range in body-weight with- 

 out clothing during experiments, 38.7 to 40.9 kilos. 



