BASAL METABOLISM. 



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TABLE 16. Elements katabolized in body in fasting experiment with A. H. M., December 



3-5, 1906. 



'Weight of urine less solid matter. Solid matter for Dec. 3-4 calculated from nitrogen by 



using ratio solld matter f or Dec. 4-5, 1906. (See table 15.) 



N 

 *Sum of nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. 



'NX0.829 (see average ratio , Benedict, Carnegie Inst. Wash. Pub. No. 77. 1907, table 

 202, p. 384). N 



4 NX0.230 (computed ratio for experiment No. 81; see Benedict, Carnegie Inst. Wash. 



N 



Pub. No. 77, 1907, table 168, pp. 258 and 259). 



6 NX0.844 (computed ratio for experiment No. 81; see Benedict, Carnegie Inst. Wash. 



N 

 Pub. No. 77, 1907, table 168, pp. 258 and 259). 



TABLE 17. Elements and materials katabolized in body' in fasting experiment with A. H. M. 



December 3-5, 1906. l 



table 16 for methods of obtaining data. 



