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Table 241. Volume of oxygen consumed and amounts of carbon dioxide and water 

 eliminated and heat produced per minute from 1 a. m. to 7 a. m. in metabolism 

 experiments with and without food Continued. 



The minimum oxygen consumption per kilo of body-weight per minute 

 occurs on the third day of the food experiment ISTo. 76. The elimination of 

 carbon dioxide is lowest on the third day of the fasting experiment No. 73, 

 while the heat production is lowest on the third day of fasting experiment No. 

 69. The high heat production on the last night of experiment No. 70 is un- 

 questionably associated with a febrile temperature observed on this day 



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