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METABOLISM IN SEVERE DIABETES. 



Table 82. Results of respiration experiment No. U6. 



1 Carbon dioxide eliminated per kilogram per minute, without food, 3.71 c.c; oxygen absorbed per kilo- 



gram per minute, without food, 5.21 c.c. 



2 Subject took 100 gms. levulose in 200 c.c. of very weak coffee (hot) at 12 noon. 



3 Carbon dioxide eliminated per kilogram per minute, with food, 4.36 c.c; oxygen absorbed per kilo- 



gram per minute, with food, 6.29 c.c. 



Table 83. Statistics of urine Calorimeter experiment No. U 5 and 

 respiration experiment No. U 6. 



i Subject took 100 gms. levulose in 200 c.c. very weak hot coffee at 12 noon. 



Respiration Experiment No. U7. 



Date, April 2, 1911. Body-weight without clothing, 39.8 kilos. 



This experiment was (like U6) divided into two parts, the first three 

 periods being fasting periods, and the last six periods following the ingestion of 

 518 grams of cooked oatmeal and 38 grams of butter. 



On coming to the laboratory, the subject lay down on the couch at 7 h 47 m 

 a. m., and the experiment began at 8 h 17 m a. m. In all of the three fasting 

 periods, which were each 15 minutes in length with intermissions of 13 to 14 

 minutes, the subject was reported as awake and very quiet. The oatmeal was 

 taken between 9 h 40 m and 9 h 55 m a. m., and the subject lay down on the couch 

 again at 10 a. m. The six periods following the food began at 10 h 13 m a. m., 

 with intermissions of the usual length, except between the last three periods, 

 these being about an hour each. During the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh 

 periods the subject was reported as restless, coughing and moving her hands 

 and feet. Between the seventh and eighth periods the subject sat up in a 

 chair and did not lie down on the couch again until about 15 minutes before the 

 next period began. She was much quieter in the eighth period than previously, 

 although she reached once for her handkerchief. She felt sleepy during this 

 period, and took a 35-minute nap between the eighth and ninth periods. The 

 results for this experiment are given in tables 84 and 85. 



