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Table 136. Weight, composition, and heat of combustion of urine Metabolism 



experiment No. 76. 



(a) Weight grams . 



(6) Water do. . . 



(c) Solids, a b do... 



(d) Ash do. . . 



(e) Organic matter, cd .do. . . 



(/) Nitrogen do. . . 



(g) Carbon do . . . 



(h) Hydrogen in organic matter. . .do. . . 

 (i) Oxygen (by difference) in organic mat- 

 ter, e (f + g + h) grams. 



(j) Phosphorus do. . . 



Phosphoric acid (P. 2 5 ) : 



(ft) By fusion grams . 



(I) By titration do . . . 



(m) Sulphur do. . . 



Sulphur trioxide (S0 3 ): 



(n) Total grams . 



(o) Inorganic and ethereal do. . . 



(p) Neutral, no do... 



(q) Creatinine (preformed) do. . . 



() Total creatinine do. . . 



(s) Creatine 1 (preformed), rq. . . .do. . . 



(t) Chlorine do. . . 



() Sodium chloride do. . . 



(v) Heat of combustion calories. 



Mar. 11-12. 



1735.8 



1695.18 



40.62 



1.74 



38.88 



10.17 



11.63 



2.60 



14.48 

 .336 



.770 

 .757 

 .655 



1.634 



1.425 



.209 



1.137 



1.411 



.274 



.364 



.601 



125 



Mar. 12-13. 



1313.7 



1290.45 



23.25 



1.84 



21.41 



7.15 



5.65 



1.45 



7.16 

 .153 



.350 

 .375 

 .546 



1.364 



1.206 



.158 



1.292 



.494 



.815 



66 



Mar. 13-14. 



1603.2 



1576.11 



27.09 



3.69 



23.40 



7.82 



5.93 



1.60 



8.05 

 .351 



.804 

 .742 

 .593 



1.481 



1 . 353 



.128 



1.346 



2.137 



3.526 



69 



Total 

 for 3 days. 



4652.7 



4561.74 



90.96 



7.27 



83.69 



25.14 



23.21 



5.65 



29.69 



.840 



1.924 

 1.874 

 1.794 



4.479 



3.984 



.495 



3.775 



2 . 995 



4.942 



260 



1 In terms of creatinine. 



