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Influence of Inanition on Metabolism. 



Johansson, Landergren, Sonden, and Tigerstedt (9) ; and Sohn, reported by 

 Hoover & Sollman (8) are of the greatest interest. 



In computing the losses of weight in the different experiments of earlier 

 writers much difficulty was experienced because of deficiency of statement in 

 many instances as to the time of day at which weights were taken, and as 



Table 185. Losses of body-weight of Sued and Jacques in experiments without food. 



Day of fast. 



Succi. 



At At 



Paris, i Milan. 



At 

 Florence. 



At 

 Naples. 



Jacques. 1 



Initial weight. 

 Loss 1st day. 



Loss 

 Loss 

 Loss 

 Loss 

 Loss 



{ 



2d day j 



3d day. . 

 4th day. 

 5th day. 

 6th day. 



Loss 

 Loss 

 Loss 10th 



Loss 

 Loss 



Loss 7th day. 



8th day. 



9th day. 

 day. 

 Loss 11th day. 

 Loss 12th day. 

 Loss 13th day. 

 Loss 14th day. 

 Loss 15th day. 

 16th day. 

 17th day. 

 Loss 18th day. 

 Loss 19th day. 

 Loss 20th day. 

 Loss 21st 

 Loss 22d 

 Loss 23d 

 Loss 24th day . 

 Loss 25th day. 

 Loss 26th day . 

 Loss 27th day. 

 Loss 28th day. 

 Loss 29th day. 

 Loss 30th day. 



day. 

 day. 

 day. 



Kilos 



Kilos 



Percent. 



Kilos 



Percent. . . . 



Kilos 



Per cent.. . . 



Kilos 



Per cent. . . . 



Kilos 



Per cent.. . . 



Kilos 



Per cent. . . . 



Kilos 



Percent.. . . 



.Kilos 



.Kilos 



.Kilos 



.Kilos 



.Kilos 



.Kilos 



.Kilos 



.Kilos 



.Kilos 



.Kilos 



.Kilos 



.Kilos 



.Kilos 



.Kilos. 



Kilos 



.Kilos 



.Kilos 



.Kilos 



Kilos 



.Kilos 



.Kilos 



Kilos 



.Kilos 



2 63.00 



3.60 



5.SS 



.40 



.68 



1.00 



1.71 



.60 



1.04 



.30 



.52 



.10 



.IS 



.10 



.90 



.30 



.40 



1.30 



.80 



.30 

 .20 

 .30 

 .30 

 .30 

 .40 



.55 

 .10 

 .10 

 .35 

 .15 

 .25 

 .50 



2 61.30 



1.55 

 2.56 



.80 

 1.35 



.75 

 1.2S 



.50 

 .S6 



.85 

 1.4S 

 .55 

 .97 

 .20 

 50 

 .20 

 .00 

 .10 

 .30 

 .40 

 .50 

 .25 

 .25 

 .50 

 .75 

 .20 

 .25 

 .00 

 .30 

 .45 

 .45 

 .30 

 .40 

 .30 

 .20 

 .30 



1 



63 



30 



.90 



1.43 



1.40 



3.27 



1.20 



1.99 



+ .10 



3 .17 



.60 



l.Ol 



.65 



1.10 



.40 

 .55 

 .45 

 .65 

 .35 

 .40 

 .25 

 .30 

 .20 

 .45 

 .45 

 .40 

 .20 

 .35 

 .40 

 .40 

 .05 

 .20 

 .05 

 .20 

 .60 

 .75 



+ 



+ 



2 63.60 



1.80 



2.S7 



1.20 



1.96 



.80 



1.33 



.70 



1.18 



.90 



1.53 



.70 



1.21 



.40 



.20 



+ .30 



.70 



.60 



.40 



.10 



.10 



.05 



.65 



.60 



.50 



.50 



.60 



3 + 



3 



+ 



3 



62.008 

 1.333 

 2.17 



. 935 

 1.55 

 .510 

 .86 

 .007 

 01 

 262 

 44 

 633 

 06 

 198 

 34 

 870 

 454 

 000 

 425 

 198 

 936 

 000 

 369 

 057 

 085 

 .255 

 .878 

 .000 

 .114 

 .455 

 .367 

 .255 

 .284 

 .057 

 .509 

 3 + .339 

 .367 

 .170 



3 



+ 



! + 



1 Subject began drinking quantities of his urine on third day. 



2 Weigbt at beginning of second day. 3 Gained. 

 * Subject not weighed at beginning of the eighth day. 



to whether the subjects were weighed with or without clothing. After a critical 

 examination of the data, the computations of changes in weight were made. 

 The results for the shorter fasts are recorded in table 184, in which are included 

 also the percentage losses calculated on the weight from day to day. 



The long series of observations made by Luciani (4) and Ajello & Solaro 



