356 



Influence of Inanition on Metabolism. 



Table 193. Relations beticeen amounts of drinking-water, water in urine, specific 

 gravity, and total solid matter in metabolism experiments without food 

 Continued. 



1 Includes volume of urine calculated as lost. 



2 Calculated. See p. 243. 



3 For 38 days. 



Constituents of Total Solids. 

 To interpret intelligently the elimination of total solids, it is necessary to 

 make a more careful study of the constituents of the solid matter in urine. 

 The elimination of the total quantity of solids in the urine during inanition is 

 affected in no slight measure by the amounts and character of the food for the 

 day or two preceding the fast. This is especially true on the first days of 

 fasting. If considerable amounts of sodium chloride are taken with the food, 

 this will be excreted more or less rapidly on the first days of the fast. It 

 is important, therefore, to determine if possible the nature of the total solids 



