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METABOLISM EXPERIMENT No. 122. 



Subject, W. R. L., May 2, 1905. Age, 24 years 6 months; 

 height, 198 cm.; weight without clothing, 74.9 kilos. 



The subject entered the respiration chamber at about 9 a. m., after a break- 

 fast of coffee, oatmeal, and toast. He was weighed at 9 h 14 m a. m. From 

 this time until the beginning of the experiment he remained seated in the chair. 

 The experiment proper began at 10 h 28 m a. m. and at the beginning of each 

 period the subject went through the usual routine in taking his temperature, 

 and then sat down. At the beginning of the second period, 12 h 28 m p. m., he 

 went to the food aperture and received his lunch. After taking his tempera- 

 ture, he went to the food aperture again to get a bottle of water and then sat 

 down and began to eat the lunch, which consisted of 405 grams of bananas, 

 143 grams of crackers, 462 grams of milk, and 33 c. c. of water. He finished 

 this at l h 02 p. m. The experiment was finished at 4 h 28 m p. m. The subject 

 was a student in Wesleyan University and was selected because of his height. 

 It was his first experience as a subject inside the respiration chamber and he 

 said he found the experiment monotonous and tiresome after he had been in a 

 short time. He also said the air was good and the temperature comfortable. 



The pulse-rate as recorded by the subject was at 10 h 19 m a. m., 70 ; 12 h 06 m 

 p. m., 61 ; l h 55 m p. m., 75 ; 3 h 27 m p. m., 79 ; 4 h 12 m p. m., 67. The sublingual 

 body-temperatures were at 10 h 28 m a.m., 98.4 F.; 12 h 28 m p.m., 97.3 F.; 

 2 h 28 m p.m., 98. F.; 4 h 28 m p.m., 97.8 F. The results of the metabolism 

 for the experiment are given in table 44. 



METABOLISM EXPERIMENT No. 123. 



Subject, W. H. L., May 9, 1905. Age, 31 years 7 months; 

 height, 174 cm.; weight without clothing, 63.1 kilos. 



Shortly before entering the calorimeter at 8 o'clock, the subject had eaten 

 breakfast consisting of a prepared cereal with milk and sugar, a slice of bread 

 and butter, a cruller, and a glass of water. He was weighed at 8 h 02 m a. m. 

 and the experiment proper began at 9 11 43 m a. m. At the beginning of each 

 period the subject went through the usual routine in taking his temperature. 

 At the beginning of the second period, ll h 43 m a. m., he went to the food 

 aperture and took out the dishes and food for his lunch, rising and opening 

 the food aperture three times during the process. His lunch consisted of 154 

 grams of bananas, 137 grams of bread and butter, 57 grams of eggs, 113 grams 

 of milk, 22 grams of sugar, and 93 c. c. of water. At ll b 58 m a. m. he rose, 

 passed 243 grams of urine, and sat down. From 12 noon until 12 h 28 m p.m. 

 lunch was eaten. At 12 h 36 m p. m. he rose from his chair and then sat down. 

 He went to the food aperture at 2 h 04 m p. m. to put in one of the dishes from 

 his lunch and then sat down again. The experiment ended at 3 h 43 m p. m. 



The subject was a computer in connection with the nutrition investigations, 

 and also at times assisted as an observer in connection with the respiration 



