3G 



Influence of Inanition on Metabolism. 



steel cylinder is obtained by noting its loss in weight, making due allowance 

 for the nitrogen contained in the compressed oxygen. The weights of oxygen 

 admitted are recorded in column e. 



Since these amounts do not represent the quantities actually consumed by 

 the subject, they have been corrected for the changes in the residual amounts. 

 The correct amounts consumed by the subject are recorded in grams in column 

 f and in liters in column g, since the volume absorbed is of importance in 

 subsequent computations. 



Table 8. Elements katabolized in the body Metabolism experiment No. 59. 



1 Includes also water of perspiration. 



Material Katabolized in the Body. 



In fasting experiments, aside from the isolated instances of anabolic trans- 

 formations, the transformations of matter are wholly katabolic, that is, the body 

 is losing substance continually. In the fasting experiments here reported the 

 income consisted solely of drinking-water and oxygen of the air. Of these two, 

 oxygen alone is capable of entering into chemical combination. Using the 

 chemical analyses of the urine and the measurements of carbon dioxide and 



