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the 19th than it was on the 23d after the two oatmeal days. Further reference 

 will be made to these two days in the discussion of the question of the relation- 

 ship between the acidosis and the severity of the diabetes and intensity of the 

 metabolism. 



Table 129. Determinations made on alveolar air with Case Q. 



During the short sojourn of Case I at the hospital in February 1912, when 

 he was in a very critical condition and coma was impending, a number of obser- 

 vations were made on the carbon-dioxide tension of the alveolar air in which 

 the subject breathed the same air several times in and out of a rubber bag. In 

 these experiments the subject first inspired 600 c.c. of air, breathing it back 

 Table 130. Determinations made on alveolar air with Case I. 



and forth four times in 20 seconds. The last expiration was analyzed for carbon 

 dioxide. The values obtained are given in table 130, together with a few 

 records of the pulse and respiration rates. 



This subject was characterized by an abnormally high pulse-rate running 

 from 110 to 118; although the respiration-rate was not extraordinarily high, 



