Body-Weight. 



307 



1 In experiments Nos. 82-89, weights include no clothing. 



2 Clothing assumed as weighing 2.2 kilos. 



8 Average loss for all fasting experiments, for the fifth day, 559 grams ; sixth day, 391 

 grams, and seventh day 497 grams. 



An inspection of the figures in table 186 shows marked variations in the 

 losses of weight on the first clay. This is true not only for different individuals 

 but also for the same person in different experiments- For example, S. A. B. 

 lost on the first day of experiment No. 71, 1.091 kg., while on the first day of 

 experiment No. 75, he lost only 0.044 kg. The largest loss in weight on the 

 first day was in experiment No. 80, amounting to 1.725 kg. On the second day 

 of fasting, the losses in weight are more nearly equal than on the first day. 

 This is particularly true of different experiments with the same subject, 

 although it is to be noted that in experiment No. 71, S. A. B. lost 507 grams 

 on the second day, while in experiment No. 77, he lost more than twice as much. 



In the six experiments which lasted 3 days each, the loss on the third day is 

 comparatively uniform, with the exception of experiment No. 77. The highest 

 loss of any third day, namely 1.50 kg., occurred in this experiment. The aver- 

 age loss for the third day of the other 5 experiments is 0.644 kg. 



Five experiments continued for 4 days or over and on the fourth day the loss 

 is quite constant in all experiments. The average, however, is markedly greater 

 than that on the third day. Four of the experiments were made on the same 

 subject and the variations in body loss are much less than on any other day. 



In two fasting experiments in which data were obtainable for the fifth day, 

 the loss of weight was in one case 0.668 kg. and in the other 0.450 kg. 



