Metabolism Experiment No. 76. 



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Changes in Body-Weight Compared with Balance of Income and Outgo. 



The comparison indicated by the above heading is shown in table 148. 



Table 148. Comparison of changes in body-weight with balance of income and 



outgo Metabolism experiment No. 76. 



Mar. 

 11-13. 



Mar. 

 13-13. 



Mar. 

 13-14. 



Total for 

 3 days. 



Average 

 per day. 



Income: 



(a) Food 



(6) Water consumed. ... 



(c) Oxygen 



(d) Total (a + b + c) 



Outgo: 



(e) Urine 1 



(/) Feces 



(g) Carbon dioxide 



{h) Water of respiration and per- 

 spiration , 



(i) Total (e+f + g + h) 



(_;) Gain ( + ) or loss ( ) of body 



material (di) , 



(k) Gain ( + ) or loss ( ) of body 



weight 



Grams. 

 1274.20 

 1021.10 



527.25 

 2822.55 



1958.40 



551.36 



616.81 

 3126.57 



-304.02 



305 



Grams. 

 1274.20 

 1043.50 



500.16 



2817.86 



1131.30 

 560.44 



582.30 



2274.04 



+ 543.82 

 + 526 



Grams. 

 1274 20 



1070.50 



507.08 



2851.78 



1365.80 



28.10 



608.39 



611.39 

 2613.68 



+ 238.10 



+ 262 



Grams. 

 3822.60 

 3135.10 

 1534.49 

 8492.19 



4455.50 



28.10 



1720.19 



1810.50 

 8014.29 



+ 477.90 



+ 483 



Grams. 

 1274.20 

 1045.03 

 511.50 

 2830.73 



1485.16 



9.37 



573.40 



603 . 50 

 2671.43 



+ 159.30 



+ 161 



1 The data in this line should not be confounded with urine data in other tables, 

 explanation, p. 66. 



See 



Balance of Intake and Output. 



The usual division of the balance indicated under this head is shown in 

 tables 149 and 150. There was a comparatively large gain to the body of 



Table 149. Distribution of intake and outgo of water Metabolism experiment 



No. 76. 



Water in feces passed on the third day assumed as 19 grams. In obtaining this amount 

 it has been assumed that the feces contained 72.4 per cent of water. 

 2 Gain. 

 8 Water of feces taken into account. 



preformed water on the second day, while the losses on the other 2 days were 

 small. The protein balance shows a daily loss throughout the experiment, 



