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the seventh period he was sleepy, and the observer thought the lips dropped 

 away from the mouthpiece and that the subject fell asleep once. He was 

 awake in the last period, however. In the intermission between the fourth 

 and fifth periods he lay upon the couch reading a newspaper. Between the 

 sixth and seventh periods he left the room to telephone, and lay on the couch 

 only about 5 minutes before the next period began. Between the seventh and 

 eighth periods he stood up and took some water. In addition to the water 

 taken with the food he drank one glassful at 8.25 a. m., 100 c.c. at 12 h 44 ni p. m., 

 and 100 c.c. at l h 25 m p.m. He urinated at 7 a.m., 9 h 50 m a.m., 12 h ll m p. m., 

 and l h 48 m p. m. The records of the experiment are given in tables 53 and 54. 



Table 54. Statistics of urine Respiration experiment No. P 10. 



1 Subject drank 60 c.c. of black coffee at 8 a.m. and 200 c.c. of water at 8 h 25 m a.m. 



2 Subject ate 301.5 gms. of beefsteak and 20.8 gms. of butter and drank 700 c.c. of 



water between 9 h 53 m a.m. and 10" 25 m a.m. 







Respiration Experiment No. Pll. 



Date, October 25, 1911. Body-weight without clothing, 39.1 kilos. 



This experiment was similar to the preceding experiment in that it was 

 divided into two parts, the subject fasting in the first three periods, and the 

 last periods following the taking of food. The mouthpiece and noseclips 

 were used instead of the nosepieces. On the morning of the experiment, the 

 subject came to the laboratory without breakfast, and lay down upon the 

 couch at 7 h 35 m a. m. The first three 15-minute periods began at 7 h 59 m a. m., 



Table 55. Results of respiration experiment No. Pll. 



1 Carbon dioxide eliminated per kgm. per minute, without food, 3.73 c.c; oxygen absorbed per kgm. per 



minute, without food, 5.22 c.c. 



2 Subject ate 284.5 gms. beefsteak, 23.3 gms. butter, and 2 small onions between 9 h 24 m and 9 h 41 m a.m. 



3 Carbon dioxide eliminated per kilogram per minute, with food, 4.32 c.c; oxygen absorbed per kilogram 



per minute, with food, 6.37 c.c 



and ended at 9 h 04 m a. m. The subject then ate, between 9.24 and 9.41 a. m., 

 284.5 grams of beefsteak, 23.3 grams of butter, and two small onions, fried. 

 He also took 4 grams of sodium bicarbonate in 100 c.c. of water. After eating, 

 he lay down upon the couch at 9 h 43 m a. m., and the four succeeding periods 

 began at 10 h 10 m a. m., ending at l h 46 m p. m. He was very quiet and awake 



