PART 2. STATISTICS OF EXPERIMENTS. 



The experiments here reported consisted of studies in metabolism during 

 inanition, both on the actual days of the fast and also on days following fast, 

 when food was ingested. Furthermore, in order to throw light on the regain- 

 ing of nitrogen lost from the body during fasting, two nitrogen metabolism 

 experiments, lasting 25 and 14 days, respectively, were made. The fasting ex- 

 periments lasted from 2 to 7 days. The experiments with food following fast 

 were of from 1 to 3 days' duration. The subjects were, with the exception 

 of S. A. B., all students in Wesleyan University, nine young men, in good 

 health. S. A. B., with whom the longer experiments were made, was a young 

 "masseur," who had made several fasts prior to his arrival in Middletown 

 with a view of studying his daily losses in weight. 



A list of the experiments made in connection with this research is given in 

 table 1. 



Table 1. Duration and character of experiments. 



Metabolism 



experiment 



number. 



59 



68 



69 



70 



71 



72 



73 



74 



75 



76 



Nitrogen metabolism 

 No. 1 



77 



Nitrogen metabolism 

 No. 2 



79 



80 



81 



82 



83 



85 



89 



Date. 



Dec. 18, 19, 20, 1903 



Apr. 27, 28, 1904 



Dec. 16, 17, 18, 19, 1904 



Dec. 20, 21, 22, 1904 



Jan. 7, 8, 9, 10, 1905 



Jan. 11, 1905 



Jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, Feb. 1, 1905. . 



Feb. 2, 3, 4, 1905 



Mar. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1905 



Mar. 11, 12, 13, 1905 



Mar. 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 

 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 

 Apr. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1905 



Apr. 8, 9, 10, 11, 1905 



Apr. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 

 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 1905 



Oct. 13, 14, 1905 



Oct. 27, 28, 1905 



Nov. 21, 22, 1905 



Nov. 24, 25, 1905 



Dec. 5, 6, 1905 



Dec. 9, 10, 1905 



Jan. 10, 11, 1906 



Character 



of 



experiment. 



Fasting. 



Do. 



Do. 

 With food. 

 Fasting. 

 With food. 

 Fasting. 

 With food. 

 Fasting. 

 With food. 



Free selec- 

 tion of food. 

 Fasting. 



Free selec- 

 tion of food. 

 Fasting. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



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