246 A BIOMETRIC STUDY OF BASAL METABOLISM IN MAN. 



prediction standard values for individuals of like sex, age, weight, and 

 stature, on the average by 9.37 calories per 24 hours. These results 

 furnish a full substantiation for the conclusion already drawn: 26 "We 

 may, therefore, fairly conclude that living upon a vegetarian diet for 

 a longer or shorter period does not fundamentally alter the basal 

 gaseous metabolism." 



TABLE 100. Comparison of basal metabolism of Roth's male vegetarians with normal 

 (multiple prediction) standard for men. 



TABLE 101. Comparison of metabolism of Roth's female vegetarians with normal (multiple 



prediction) standard for women. 



ILLUSTRATION F. METABOLISM IN DISEASE. 



The purpose of many clinical calorimetric researches is to determine 

 whether a significant modification of metabolism is associated with the 

 specific disease under investigation. To solve this problem one must 

 compare the actually measured calories of the subject with the calories 

 calculated from weight, stature, and age on the assumption that he 

 is in normal health. To illustrate the applicability of these equations 

 (or tables) to such pathological problems, we may avail ourselves of 

 Dr. Elliott P. Joslin's series of diabetics. 27 



26 Benedict and Roth, loc. cit., p. 240. 



27 Benedict and Joslin, Carnegie Inst. Wash. Pub. No. 176, 1912. 



