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ENERGY TRANSFORMATIONS DURING HORIZONTAL WALKING. 



of " attention." All of these values were obtained after a heavy meal, 

 with the diet uncontrolled. Recognizing again the probable influence 

 of the preceding meal upon the individual values, we see, nevertheless, 

 that the evidence points towards a practically constant metabolism 

 independent of the variations in the standing position under approxi- 

 mately similar conditions. 



TABLE 12. Metabolism of subject II standing in different positions after a heavy meal. 



[Values per minute.] 



During the observations made with the specially controlled diets, the 

 subject stood in the relaxed position, without leaning upon a staff or 

 against a support. These show an average value of 1.36 calories for 

 the protein diet, 1.48 calories for the carbohydrate diet, and 1.40 

 calories for the fat diet, values not strikingly unlike those found on the 

 days with an uncontrolled diet. We may then with propriety average 



