DISCUSSION OF RESULTS. 



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The four periods of the respiration experiment made on April 18, 

 1914, by Mr. Emmes show an excellent agreement which is character- 

 istic of this subject. Although his nude body-weight was 1.6 kilograms 

 greater than at the time of the study of Cathcart, being 67.5 kilograms 

 on April 18, 1914, and averaging 65.9 kilograms during the previous 

 research, the heat output per minute was but 1.11 calories per kilogram 

 per minute as compared to the average of the earlier observations of 

 1.17 calories per kilogram per minute. While it is possible that direct 

 averaging in this instance is a mathematically unsound procedure, we 

 may state that the resting basal heat output of subject II in the post- 

 absorptive state may be considered to be, in round numbers, 1.14 

 calories. 



METABOLISM IN THE SITTING POSITION. 



In a further effort to secure all possible data for establishing various 

 scientifically sound base-lines, we made a special study of the metabo- 

 lism of subject II while he sat comfortably in a chair. Three observa- 

 tions were made with the subject in the post-absorptive condition, 

 four after a light breakfast, and five after a heavier midday meal. 

 The data are sufficiently extended to permit their classification accord- 

 ing to the character of the meal and such a classification is used in 

 presenting the results of the study of the sitting metabolism in table 8. 



TABLE 8. Metabolism of subject II in the sitting position. 

 [Values per minute.] 



