456 



Influence of Inanition on Metabolism. 



The unusually low nitrogen output on the first day of experiment No. 71 

 has been the subject of much study. Unfortunately, since this was the first 

 day of experimenting with this subject, no data are at hand regarding his 

 protein katabolism prior to the fast nor, indeed, have we that accurate record 

 of food consumed and nitrogen excreted during the several weeks before this 

 fast that is available for the interpretation of the protein disintegration in one 

 of the subsequent fasts. 



Table 226. Protein katabolized in metabolism experiments without food. 



The amounts of protein katabolized in the different experiments are much 

 more nearly uniform on the second day of fasting, the minimum being 59.7 

 grams and the maximum 86.8 grams. The average for the 14 experiments is 



