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before, with the exception of 60 c.c. of black coffee at 8 a. m. The last five 

 periods followed the ingestion of food. The subject had a slight cold on the 

 day of the experiment. 



Table 52. Statistics of urine Respiration experiments Nos. P5 to P9 and 

 calorimeter experiments Nos. P 6 and P S. 



1 Subject ate 355.7 gms. cooked oatmeal, 49.3 gms. cream, and 52.1 gms. butter between 



9* 15 m and 9 h 35 m a.m., and drank 150 c.c. water at 10 a.m. 



2 Subject ate 297 gms. cooked oatmeal, 45.7 gms. cream, and 43.6 gms. butter, and drank 



300 c.c. of water between 2h 10 and 2h 23 m p.m. 



3 Subject ate 141.1 gms. cooked oatmeal, 23.4 gms. cream, and 10.9 gms. of butter, and 



drank 400 c.c. of water between 5 h 40 m and 6 h 15 m p.m. 



4 Subject ate 168.9 gms. beefsteak, 16 gms. butter, and 2 small onions, and drank 350 c.c. 



water between 8 h 15 m and 8 h 30 a.m. 



As usual with this subject, the mouthpiece and noseclip were substituted 

 for the nosepieces. Both pneumographs were used, also the stethoscope. The 

 subject lay down upon the couch at 8 h 17 m a. m. The experiment began at 

 8 h 48 m a. m., continued for three periods 12 to 15 minutes in length which ended 

 at 9 h 48 m a. m. The subject then ate 301.5 grams of beefsteak and 20.8 grams 

 of butter, finishing at 10 h 10 m a. m. He drank with the food 600 c.c. of water 



Table 53. Results of respiration experiment No. P 10. 



'Subject drank 60 c.c. of black coffee at 8 a.m. 



2 Carbon dioxide eliminated per kilogram per minute, without food, 3.96 c.c; oxygen absorbed per 

 kilogram per minute, without food, 5.60 c.c. 



3 Subject ate 301 5 gms beefsteak and 20.8 gms. butter between 9 h 53 ra and 10 1 * 10 a.m. 



4 Carbon dioxide eliminated per kilogram per minute, with food, 4.40 c.c; oxygen absorbed per kilo- 

 gram per minute, with food, 6.45 c.c. 



and took 4 grams of sodium bicarbonate in about 100 c.c. of water. The next 

 period began at 10 h 38 m a. m., the five 15-minute periods ending at l h 46 m p. m. 

 The subject was very quiet throughout the experiment, only slight movements 

 being reported. During the last three periods he said he felt rather tired; in 



