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METABOLISM IN SEVERE DIABETES. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH CASE S. 



Two experiments were made with this subject, in both of which the respi- 

 ration apparatus was used. One was a fasting experiment and the other 

 followed the ingestion of oatmeal. The vital statistics were as follows: 



Date of birth, , 1853; height, 177 cm.; body-weight without clothing 



during experiments, 58 kilos. 



Table 70. Clinical chart Case S. 



J 8 gms. sodium bicarbonate given each day. Beginning May 13 the diet contained 200+ gms. fat and 12 gms. 

 alcohol. 2 Per cent. 3 12 gms. nitrogen. 



Respiration Experiment No. SI. 



Date, May 18, 1910. Body-weight without clothing, 58 kilos. 



As this subject had not previously been experimented upon and was 

 somewhat elderly, only three periods of 10 to 11 minutes were run, so as not to 

 overtire him. The subject came from the hospital at 8 h 15 m a. m., without 

 breakfast, and lay down upon the couch for some 10 minutes before the experi- 

 ment began at 8 h 40 m a. m. Surgeon's plaster could not be used on account of 

 his moustache and beard. The stethoscope, also the pneumographs about the 

 chest and thighs, were used. The experiment was without incident, the sub- 

 ject lying quietly throughout. After the experiment was over the subject 

 urinated at 9 U 45 m a. m. The results are given in table 71. 



Table 71. Results of respiration experiment No. SI. 



Carbon dioxide eliminated per kilogram per minute, 2.64 c.c; oxygen absorbed per kilogram per 

 minute, 3.G7 c.c. The urine collected between 8 and 9 h 40 a.m. amounted to 92 c.c. and 

 contained 0.53 gm. nitrogen and 1.9 gms. sugar. 



