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Influence of Inanition on Metabolism. 



Relations between Oxygen Consumption, Carbon Dioxide Elimination, and Heat 



Production. 



The oxygen and carbon dioxide thermal quotients and the respiratory 

 quotients for the different periods of the two experimental days of experiment 

 No. 68 are given in table 32. 



Table 32. Oxygen and carbon dioxide thermal quotients and respiratory 

 quotients Metabolism experiment No. 68. 



The same discrepancies which have been pointed out before as obtaining for 

 the determinations of oxygen, heat, and carbon dioxide during short periods 

 vitiate the accuracy of the ratios for individual periods, yet the results for 

 24 hours are probably accurate. The oxygen thermal quotient remains nearly 

 constant for the two days, falling from 29.5 on the first day to 29.0 on the sec- 

 ond day. The carbon dioxide thermal quotient indicates a somewhat greater 

 fall, varying from 32.0 on the first day to 30.6 on the second day. The respir- 

 atory quotient, although indicating marked fluctuations in the different periods, 

 on the average for the 24 hours is 0.79 for the first clay and 0.77 for the 

 second. 



