Sulphur in Urine. 



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table 210. These data may be compared to the inorganic and ethereal sulphates 

 of the earlier writers (see table 207). Except in the Vienna fast of Succi 

 reported by E. & 0. Freund (10) and Sadovyen's experiment (2) the amount 

 of inorganic and ethereal sulphates (S0 3 ) is not far from 1.5 grams per day 

 in all fasting experiments. 



Table 210. Proportions of total sulphur (SO s ) excreted as inorganic and ethereal 

 and as neutral sulphur in metabolism experiments without food. 



1 Does not include possible amount in urine lost. 



Neutral sulphur. It is greatly to be regretted that the nature of neutral 

 sulphur in fasting urines has not been more definitely studied. The differential 

 method of obtaining neutral sulphur presumes so great an accuracy that it is 



