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Respiration Experiment No. P4. 



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



This experiment was the third in Series I, respiration experiment P2 and 

 calorimeter experiment P3 preceding it. Immediately after the subject had 

 left the bed calorimeter, he ate 114 grams of oatmeal and 10.5 grams of cream 

 between 4 h 02 m and 4 h 09 m p. m. At 4 h 10 ra p. m. he lay down upon the couch. 



Table 45. Results of respiration experiment No. P/+. 



'Subject ate 114 gms. oatmeal and 10.5 gms. cream between 4 02 m and 4 h 09 m p.m. 



2 Carbon dioxide eliminated per kilogram per minute, 4.38 c.c; oxygen absorbed per kilogram per minute, 6.07 c.c. 



At 4 h 26 m p. m. he took 4 grams of sodium bicarbonate in 100 c.c. of water. 

 The experiment began at 4 h 36 m p. m., continuing for two periods of 15 and 9 

 minutes respectively, ending at 5 h 12 m p. m. He urinated at 3 h 55 m p. m. and 

 5 h 35 m p. m. The mouthpiece was used in this experiment, also, in preference 

 to the nosepiece. The subject was reported as comfortable, very quiet, and 

 awake. The results of the experiment are given in tables 45 and 46. 



Table 46. Statistics of urine Respiration experiments Nos. P2 and P 4, and 



calorimeter experiment No. P 3. 



1 Subject ate 375 gms. of cooked oatmeal and 45.5 gms. of cream and drank 300 c.c. of water between 



9 h 42 m and 10 h 34 m a.m. 



2 Subject ate 241 gms. of cooked oatmeal and 37 gms. of cream and drank 100 c.c. of water between 



l h 12 m and l h 24 m p.m. 

 'Subject ate 114 gms. of cooked oatmeal and 10.5 gms. of cream and drank 100 c.c. of water between 



4 h 02 m and 4 h 09 m p.m. 

 1 Subject ate 107 gms. of cooked oatmeal and 18.5 gms. of cream between 5 h 30 and 5 h 34 m p.m. 



Respiration Experiment No. P5. 



Date, October 9, 1911. Body-weight without clothing, 40 kilos. 



This was the initial experiment in Series II. The subject fasted during 

 the experiment, having taken no food for at least 12 hours preceding it. He 

 came to the laboratory at 7 h 45 m a. m., lay down upon the couch at 7 h 50 m a. m., 

 and the experiment began at 8 h ll m a. m., continuing for two 15-minute periods. 

 The mouthpiece and noseclip were used instead of the nosepieces. The room 

 was very warm before the experiment began, but by opening the windows a 

 little the temperature was gradually lowered. Throughout the two periods 

 the subject was very quiet. After it was over he complained that his mouth 

 was dry and that he felt weak. He also said that his stomach was out of order 

 and he was troubled by gas, but felt hungry. The records of the experiment 

 are given in tables 47 and 52. 



