346 Influence of Inanition on Metabolism. 



regarding the amounts of urine per day were made is relatively small, being 

 confined to the few pathological cases in which the urine has been withdrawn 

 each day by means of a catheter, and. some cases with the fasting insane. 



Schaefer 36 gives the amount of urine per day in 7 cases with fasting insane 

 women and shows that in 4 cases of fasting without water the volume of urine 

 varied from 550 to 162.5 cc. per day. In some of the cases in which water 

 was taken the amounts of urine fell to 220 cc, while in no case did the quantity 

 exceed 550 cc. per day. 



In a case of oesophagus stenosis in a 19-year-old girl reported by Mueller 37 

 the total quantity of urine, when the subject fasted without water, varied on 

 the 4 days of the observation only between 130 cc. and 170 cc. The body 

 weight was, however, unusually small (34.5 to 33.0 kgs.). 



The report of a case of partial fasting caused by carcinoma ventriculi, 

 published by Seegen, 38 shows that the patient took but 35 cc. of fresh cow's 

 milk per day and during 12 days she passed but 2230 cc. of urine. The 

 quantities ranged from 125 to 240 cc. per day. 



On the other hand, in an experiment made by Sadovyen on the subject " J," 

 fasting without water, the quantity of urine voided was relatively large. On 

 the first day it amounted to 898 cc. and on the second day to 913 cc. 



With the subject of Hoover and Sollman (8), the volume of urine varied 

 considerably. On the day prior to the fast, the volume was 1350 cc, while on 

 the first day of the fast which was essentially without water, the volume was 

 570 cc 



In general, when water is taken during the fast, the volume of urine 

 approaches more nearly that voided by people under normal conditions. Indeed, 

 when moderate amounts of water are consumed, the volume of urine presents 

 as a rule no noticeable abnormalities. 



Cetti (7) voided in the 10 days of his fast 9433 cc. of urine. The quantities 

 per day varied from 1310 cc to 620 cc. With Breithaupt (7) the volume of 

 urine per day was much larger, varying from 1706 on the third day to 957 on 

 the sixth and last day. 



Water was consumed on the 5 days of the fast with J. A. in the Stockholm 

 laboratory (9) in the following quantities: 137, 560, 504, 965, and 650 cc 

 The following quantities of urine were voided, 692, 537, 579, 650, and 579 cc. 

 respectively. 



With Jacques (3) the collection of urine was more or less irregular as he 

 did not always empty the bladder at a definite hour each day. The lowest 

 amounts recorded for individual days were on the last 2 days of the fast, 



88 Allgemeine Zeitschrift f. Psychiatrie (1897), 53, pp. 525-537. 



37 Zeitschrift fur klinische Medicin (1889), 16, pp. 496-540. 



38 Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe (1871) 

 63, Abth. II, p. 429. 



