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A word regarding the relative humidity of the air inside the chamber should 

 be said here. The data of table 5 show that, on the whole, the relative humidity 

 falls off somewhat as the experiment progresses, averaging not far from 45 

 per cent during the 3 days. During work experiments, the humidity increases 



Table 5. Record of water of respiration and perspiration Metaoolism experiment 



No. 59. 



considerably. It is important to note that during this experiment the air was 

 relatively dry. In the fasting experiments there was no sensible perspiration 

 observed by any of the subjects. 



ElJMINATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE. 



Carbon dioxide is one of the most important products of oxidation in the 

 body. Hence determinations of this factor were made in all the experiments 



