^ 



Influence of Inanition on Metabolism. 



The amount of heat produced daily is comparable with the amounts of 

 water-vapor, carbon dioxide, and oxygen in that the smaller amounts of each 

 are found on the first and last days of the experiment, and larger amounts 

 on the second and third days. 



Table 42. Summary of calorimetric measurements and total heat production- 

 Metabolism experiment No. 69. 



1 See pp. 42-49. 



Balance of Energy. 

 The total heat produced in the body shown in table 42 should equal the 

 total amount of heat due to the oxidation of body materials, and hence the two 

 are compared in table 43. In this particular experiment, the computed energy 

 derived from different sources is greater in all cases than the total heat pro- 

 duction, varying from 3 calories on the second day to 50 calories on the fourth 

 day, or from 0.1 per cent to 2.6 per cent. 



