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Influence of Inanition on Metabolism. 



this experiment the determinations were made on each daily sample, thus 

 avoiding the complicated and somewhat erroneous calculations for the distri- 

 bution or apportionment of the water, ash, solids, carbon, and hydrogen over 

 the individual days of the experiment. 



Table 34. Determinations in urine per period and per day Metabolism experiment 



No. 69. 



The determinations of phosphorus were made by fusion with sodium peroxide 

 and not by titration with uranium salts. For purposes of further comparison 

 the quantity of phosphorus is expressed in line ;' of table 35 as the element 

 and in line h as phosphoric acid, i. e., phosphorus pentoxide. The amounts 

 of sulphur are likewise expressed both as sulphur and as sulphur trioxide. 



Elimination of Watee-Vapob. 



The amounts of water-vapor remaining in the chamber at the end of each 

 2-hour period are recorded in table 36, together with the amounts of water of 

 respiration and perspiration. On the preliminary night, the residual amounts 



