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METABOLISM EXPERIMENT No. 149. 



Subject, A. L. L., April 3, 1906. (Same subject as in 

 experiment No. 147.) 



The subject entered the respiration chamber at 7 h 35 m a. m. without break- 

 fast. He had a light supper the evening before, consisting of a bowlful of oat- 

 meal with milk and sugar, and a cup of cocoa. He was weighed immediately 

 and then remained quietly seated in the chair until the beginning of the first 

 period, which was at 8 h 40 m a. m. The experiment continued for five 2-hour 

 periods and no food was eaten. In the first and second periods, the subject 

 continued sitting quietly in the chair; during the third and fourth periods, 

 he was chewing gum ; in the fifth period he was standing quietly without 

 leaning. At 4 h 42 m p. m., he passed 660 grams of urine and at 7 p. m., after 

 the experiment ended, he passed 46 grams of urine. He drank no water during 

 the experiment. The subject's comments were that he was not sleepy during 

 the experiment, and that he was tired of standing during the last half hour 

 too tired to study. 



This experiment is one of a series made to study the work of digestion, and 

 will therefore be given in greater detail and completeness and as part of a 



