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METABOLISM IN SEVERE DIABETES. 



Table 47. Results of respiration experiment No. Po. 



Date and time. 



Duration. 



Oct. 9, 1911: 

 8 h ll m a.m. 

 8 37 a.m. 



Average . . 



mm. 

 15 

 15 



sec. 

 4 



Carbon 



dioxide 



eliminated 



per minute. 



c.c. 

 148 

 145 



absorbed Respiratory Average 

 permLute. ^ otient ' P lse " rate - 



Average 



respiration 



rate. 



c.c. 

 219 

 212 



0.68 

 .68 



71 



77 



17 



18 



'147 



'216 



.68 



74 



18 



.40 c.c. 



1 ( arbon dioxide eliminated per kilogram per minute, 3.67 c.c; oxygen absorbed per kilogram per minute, 5. 



Calorimeter Experiment No. P6. 



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



This experiment was the second in Series II, following the fasting experi- 

 ment P5 with the respiration apparatus. Between 9 h 15 m a. m. and 9 h 35 m 

 a. m. the subject ate 355.7 grams of oatmeal, 52.1 grams of butter, and 49.3 

 grams of cream. He defecated at 9 h 18 m a. m. Before entering the bed calori- 

 meter the subject also took 4 grams of sodium bicarbonate in about 150 c.c. of 

 water. The stethoscope and pneumographs were used, but considerable diffi- 

 culty was found in adjusting the stethoscope properly. He entered the appa- 

 ratus at 9 h 50 m a. m., and the experiment began at 10 h 59 m a. m., continuing 

 for two 45-minute periods, one 59-minute period, and one 36-minute period. 

 During the third period he urinated at l h 15 m p.m. After the experiment the 

 subject said he had been very comfortable throughout the whole time and had 

 slept the greater part of the experiment. His statement was borne out by the 

 records of the changes in the temperature of the calorimeter, for he was very 

 quiet nearly all of the time. The measurements taken during the experiment 

 are given in tables 48 and 52. 



Table 48. Measurements of metabolism Calorimeter experiment No. P6. 



1 Subject ate 355.7 gms. of cooked oatmeal, 52.1 gms. of butter, and 49.3 gms. of cream between 9 h 15 m and 9 h 35 m a.m. 

 = Carbon dioxide eliminated per kilogram per minute, 4.08 c.c; oxygen absorbed per kilogram per minute, 5.53 c.c. 



Respiration Experiment No. P7. 



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



This experiment, which was the third in Series II, was divided into two 

 parts, the subject taking food previous to the first and the fifth periods. After 

 experiment P 6 was over, and the subject had left the bed calorimeter, he ate 

 between 2 h 10 m p. m. and 2 h 23 m p. m., 297 grams of oatmeal, 40 grams of cream, 

 and 44 grams of butter. He also took 4 grams of sodium bicarbonate in about 

 100 c.c. of water, and drank 200 c.c. of water in addition. At 2 h 28 m p. m. he 

 lay down upon the couch, and the mouthpiece and noseclips were adjusted. 

 The first part of the experiment began at 2 h 36 m p. m., continued for four 



