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METABOLISM EXPERIMENT No. 143. 



Subject, A. H. M., April 2, 1906. (Same subject as in 

 experiment No. 137.) 



The subject entered the respiration calorimeter at 7 h 45 m a. m. and was 

 weighed at 7 h 48 m a, m. He began eating at 8 h 26 m a. m. and finished at 8 h 53 m 

 a. m., during which time he ate 1121 grams of bananas and 86 grams of 

 sugar. The first period of the experiment began at 8 h 57 m a. m., the experi- 

 ment continuing for five 2-hour periods and ending at 6 h 57 m p. m. During 

 the last 2 hours the subject stood still, without leaning against a support. 

 Previous to this he sat in the chair and read about half the time, being idle 

 the rest of the time. The subject urinated during the experiment at 1 p. m. 

 and passed 229 grams of urine. At 7 h 10 m p. m., after the experiment ended, 

 he passed 139 grams of urine. He did not drink any water. He said it was 

 a relief to stand after sitting still so long, but he soon tired of standing, as 

 his back began to ache. 



The observation on the metabolism during standing as compared with sit- 

 ting was incidental to an experiment on the influence of the ingestion of food 

 on metabolism. The results of the main portion of this experiment will 

 therefore be published later in connection with a general discussion of the 

 influence of the ingestion of food on metabolism. 



The pulse, respiration, and body-temperature were determined as in experi- 

 ment No. 141. The pulse and respiration records for the two periods are 

 given in table 29. The body-temperature records were as follows: 2 h 57 m 

 p. m., 36.46 C. : 4 h 57 m p. m., 36.32 C. ; 6 h 57 m p. m., 36.05 C. The metabo- 

 lism measurements for the last two periods are given in table 44. 



Table 29. Record of pulse and respiration Metabolism experiment No. 11)3. 



1 Wrist count after experiment. 



