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Table 256. Intake and output of nitrogen Nitrogen metabolism experiments 



Nos. 1 and 2. 



[Amounts actually determined.] 



Date. 



(a) 



In 

 food. 



(6) 



In 



feces. 1 



(c) 



In 

 urine. 



Gain ( + ) 

 or loss ( ) 

 a-(b + c). 



Experiment No. 1. 

 1905. 



First week: 

 Mar. 14-15. 

 Mar. 15-16. 

 Mar. 16-17. 

 Mar. 17-18. 

 Mar. 18-19. 

 Mar. 19-20. 

 Mar. 20-21. 



Total, 1st week. . 

 Average per day. 



Second week: 

 Mar. 21-22. 

 Mar. 22-23. 

 Mar. 23-24. 

 Mar. 24-25. 

 Mar. 25-26. 

 Mar. 26-27. 

 Mar. 27-28. 



Total, 2d week. . , 

 Average per day. 



Third week : 

 Mar. 28-29. 

 Mar. 29-30. 

 Mar. 30-31. 



Mar.31-Apr.2. 



Apr. 2-3 



Apr. 3-4 



Total, 3d week.., 

 Average per day. 



Fourth week: 2 

 Apr. 4-5. . . 

 Apr. 5-6. . . 

 Apr. 6-7,... 

 Apr. 7-8. . . 



Total, 4 days 



Average per day. 



Grams. 



20.55 

 25.09 

 21.65 

 14.90 

 26.34 

 17.10 

 22.14 



147.77 

 21.11 



22.14 

 19.90 

 15.01 

 21.55 

 20.80 

 25.55 

 27.64 



152.59 

 21.80 



16.62 

 12.83 

 11.74 

 24.69 

 22.65 

 19.14 

 13.99 



121.66 

 17.38 



14.03 

 17.91 

 18.01 

 12.73 



62.68 

 15.67 



Grams. 



2.28 

 2.79 

 2.40 

 1.66 

 2.92 

 1.91 

 2.46 



16.42 

 2.35 



3.94 

 3.53 

 2.69 

 3.83 

 3.70 

 4.56 

 4.92 



27.17 

 3.88 



2.67 

 2.05 



.89 

 .96 

 .63 

 .06 

 .24 



19.50 

 2.79 



2.27 

 2.90 

 2.91 

 2.06 



10.14 

 2.54 



Grams. 



12.61 



13.19 



11.07 



6.31 



9.55 



11.89 



9.55 



74.17 

 10.60 



10.17 



9.35 



8.02 



8.64 



11.95 



11.26 



14.53 



73.92 

 10.56 



12.54 

 9.27 

 9.00 



26.14 



12.77 

 10.11 



79.83 

 11.40 



12.65 

 11.56 

 11.87 

 11.36 



47.44 

 11.86 



Grams. 



+ 5.66 

 + 9.11 

 + 8.18 

 + 6.93 

 + 13.87 

 + 3.30 

 + 10.13 



+ 57.18 

 + 8.17 



+ 8.03 

 + 7.02 



+ 

 + 

 + 

 + 



4.30 

 9.08 

 5.15 

 9.73 



+ 8.19 



+ 51.50 

 + 7.36 



+ 1.41 

 + 1.51 



+ .85 



+ 13.61 



+ 3.31 

 + 1.64 



+ 22.33 

 + 3.19 



- 0.89 

 + 3.45 

 + 3.23 



- 0.69 



+ 5.10 

 + 1.27 



1 Daily amount calculated. See explanation, p. 291. 



2 A fasting expei-iment immediately followed this nitrogen metabolism experiment. There 

 was a lag in the feces for the feeding experiment so that the separation was not obtained until 

 April 13. 



