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METABOLISM IN SEVERE DIABETES. 



Calorimeter Experiment No. U9. 



Date, June 2, 1911. Body-weight without clothing, 37.1 kilos. 



This experiment immediately followed respiration experiment No. U 7, and 

 was preceded by a breakfast of 477 grams of oatmeal and 157 grams of heavy 

 cream. She also drank 200 c.c. of water. Before entering the bed calorimeter 

 the subject urinated at 9 1 ' 30 m a. m. The experiment began at 10 h 46 m a. m. 

 and continued for four 45-minute periods, ending at l h 46 m p. m. The sub- 

 ject was very quiet, except for several slight movements, reading until 12 h 30 m 

 p. m., when she was reported asleep by the nurse in attendance. At l h 16 m 

 p. m. it was noted that the subject was again reading. The stethoscope and 

 pneumograph were used in this experiment, but, owing to a loose adjustment, 

 the records of the respiration were unsatisfactory. The pulse records were 

 also difficult to obtain. The measurements of the oxygen indicated a leak, but 

 it was not located. The measurements of the metabolism and other records 

 made during the experiment are given in tables 87 and 91. 



Table 87. Measurements of metabolism Calorimeter experiment No. U9. 



1 Subject ate 477 gms. cooked oatmeal and 157 gms. cream between 9 h 06 m and 9 h 25 m a.m. 



2 Carbon dioxide eliminated per kilogram per minute, 4.45 c.c. 



Respiration Experiment No. U10. 



Date, June 2, 1911. Body-weight without clothing, 36.8 kilos. 



This respiration experiment followed immediately after the experiment 

 with the bed calorimeter (U9) and included seven periods, each of which was 

 approximately 15 minutes long. The intermissions ranged from 35 minutes to 



Table 88. Results of respiration experiment No. U 10. 



The subject had eaten oatmeal and cream between 9 h 06 m a.m. and 9 h 25 m a.m. 



2 Carbon dioxide eliminated per kilogram per minute, 3.80 c.c. ; oxygen absorbed per kilogram per minute, 5.49 c.c. 



1 hour and 10 minutes. The experiment began at 2 h 17 m p. m. and ended at 

 9 h 58 m p. m. The subject was very quiet and awake throughout the experi- 

 ment. A period was begun in the intermission between the first and second 

 periods, but as the subject moved her head and there was the possibility of a 



