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METABOLISM IN SEVERE DIABETES. 



period the subject complained that his legs felt stiff from keeping still so long. 

 He was awake and very quiet during practically all of the experiment, save for 

 a few slight movements of the hands and feet which seemed to be due to 

 nervousness. The results of the experiment are given in tables 43 and 46. 



Table 43. Results of respiration experiment No. P2. 



'Carbon dioxide eliminated per kilogram per minute, without food, 3. 63 c.c.; oxygen absorbed 



per kilogram per minute, without food, 5.24 c.c. 

 - Subject ate 375 gms. cooked oatmeal and 45.5 gms. cream between 9 42 m and 9 55 m a.m. and 



between 10 h 30 m and 10 h 34 m a.m. 

 3 Carbon dioxide eliminated per kilogram per minute, with food, 4.16 c.c; oxygen absorbed per 



kilogram per minute, with food, 5.89 c.c. 



Calorimeter Experiment No. P3. 



Date, September 29, 1911. Body-weight without clothing, 39.7 kilos. 



In this experiment, which was the second in Series I, the bed calorimeter 

 was used for the first time with this subject. Food had been taken during one 

 of the intermissions in the respiration experiment which preceded the calori- 

 meter experiment. At l h 12 m p. m., a meal consisting of 241 grams oatmeal 

 and 37 grams of cream was eaten, together with 4 grams of sodium bicarbonate 

 taken in 100 c.c. of water. The subject entered the bed calorimeter at l h 37 m 

 p. m. and the experiment began at 2 h 20 m p. m. After two 45-minute periods, 

 the experiment ended at 3 h 50 m p. m. Both pneumographs, also the stetho- 

 scope, were used for the regular records, but during the last 20 minutes of the 

 second period the pulse-rate could not be obtained, as the subject had turned 

 over on his side. He had boils on the back of his neck, but said after the exper- 

 iment that he was very comfortable in the calorimeter, and, in fact, slept the 

 greater part of the time. He urinated at l h 26 m p. m. and 3 h 55 m p. m. No 

 water was taken during the experiment. The records of the experiment may 

 be found in tables 44 and 46. 



Table 44. Measurements of metabolism Calorimeter experiment No. PS. 



1 Subject ate 241 gms. of cooked oatmeal and 37 gms. of cream between l h 12 m p.m. and l h 24 m p.m. 

 'Carbon dioxide eliminated per kilogram per minute, 2 20 m to 3 b 0a m p.m., 3.98 c.c, 

 Oxygen absorbed per kilogram per minute, 2 h 20 to 3 h 50 p.m., 5.79 c.c. 



