METABOLISM AS AFFECTED BY GROWTH. 



125 



calories per square meter of body-surface and the minimum 1,053 

 calories. With No. 139 a greater uniformity is observed, the range 

 being from 1,110 to 864 calories. The curve for No. 171 is sharply 

 distinguished from the curve for No. 145, in that it shows an early 



Total 

 cals. 



Mos. 3 



12 15 18 



Cals. 



per 



sq. m. 



1100 



1O50 



Total 



.cals. 

 575 1000 



525 950 



475 900 



425 850 



375 



Pulse 



rate 



325 TOO 



275 50 



225 



Cals. 

 per 

 kilo. 



57 



54 



Kgs. 

 8 



7 



No. 



V 



CALORIES 

 PER 



TOTAL 

 CALORIES, 



BODY WEIGHT 



Mos. 3 



12 15 18 



No.119(M.)_ 



475 100 



425 50 



375 



Mos. 6 



FIG. 17. Body-weight, pulse-rate, and basal heat production per 24 hours 



(Nos. 119, 122, 127, and 138). 



period of low values for the calories per square meter of body-surface 

 which does not appear in the chart for No. 145. The pulse-rate, high 

 at about 1 year, gradually falls off with both Nos. 139 and 171, and 

 fully confirms the observations drawn from the chart for No. 145. 



