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METABOLISM IN SEVERE DIABETES. 



urinated at 5 h 48 m a. m., and drank 84 c.c. of water at about 5 h 30 m a. m. When 

 telephoning he reported himself as feeling well. After the experiment was 

 over he urinated again at 7 h 52 m a. m. The measurements made are given in 

 tables 50 and 52. 



Table 50. -Measurements of metabolism Calorimeter experiment No. P 8. 



1 Subject ate oatmeal, butter, and cream between 5 h 40 and 6 h 15 m p.m. 



2 Carbon dioxide eliminated per kilogram per minute, 3.60 c.c. ; oxygen absorbed per kilogram per minute, 5.20 c.c. 



Respiration Experiment No. P9. 



Date, October 10, 1911. Body-weight without clothing, 38.7 kilos. 



Previous to this experiment, which concluded Series II, the subject ate a 

 breakfast between 8 h 15 In a. m. and 8 h 30 m a. m., consisting of 1G8.9 grams of 

 beefsteak, 16 grams of butter, and 2 small onions, sliced and fried crisp. He 

 also took 4 grams of sodium bicarbonate in 100 c.c. of water, and drank in addi- 

 tion 250 c.c. of water. At 8 h 35 m a. m. he lay down upon the couch ; the experi- 

 ment began at 9 h 05 m a. m., and continued for four 15-minute periods, ending at 

 12 h 10 m p. m. In all of the periods the subject was very quiet, except for slight 

 movements of the hands and feet. Between the first and second periods the 

 subject lay upon the couch and read a newspaper; between the second and third 

 periods he sat up, but lay down again about 15 minutes before the next period 

 began; during the intermission between the third and fourth periods the subject 

 slept. He urinated at 10 h 30 m a. m. and again at 12 h 12 m p. m. During the 

 experiment he drank water only once, 120 c.c. at 10 h 30 m a. m. The records 

 of the experiment are given in tables 51 and 52. 



Table 51. Results of respiration experiment No. P9. 



1 Subject ate 168.9 gms. beefsteak, 16 gms. butter, and 2 small onions between 8 h 15 m and 8 h 30 m a.m. 



2 Carbon dioxide eliminated per kilogram per minute, 4.29 c.c. ; oxygen absorbed per kilogram per minute, 6.30 c.c. 



Respiration Experiment No. P 10. 



Date, October 16, 1911. Body-weight without clothing, 39.1 kilos. 

 This experiment was divided into two sections. The first three periods 

 were fasting, no food having been taken since the evening meal of the day 



