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METABOLISM IN SEVERE DIABETES. 



oxygen consumption. Of the 19 severe cases, the intensity of the metabolism 



as measured by the oxygen consumption was in each individual case higher 



than that of the normal individuals with whom they are compared. The 



single exception was Case B, the normal individual, Miss E. W., having the 



Table 131. Comparison of the carbon dioxide eliminated and oxygen absorbed by 

 diabetics and normal individuals in experiments without food. 



[Bed calorimeter and respiration apparatus.] 

 SEVERE DIABETES. 



higher metabolism. On the other hand, the three remaining individuals with 

 whom Case B is compared had a much lower metabolism, the average oxygen 

 consumption for the four normal subjects being less than that of Case B. The 

 average oxygen consumption of the cases of severe diabetes, Case N excluded, 



