80 



FOOD INGESTION AND ENERGY TRANSFORMATIONS. 



TABLE 27. Summary of average values for basal metabolism determined for subjects in sitting 

 position in calorimeter experiments. Middletown. (Amounts per 2 hours.) 



'Includes all nitrogen values obtained with these subjects for the periods in which the baaal 



metabolism was determined and on any first day of fasting. See table 28. 

 2 Heat eliminated corrected for change in body-weight, but not for change in body-temperature. 



TABLE 28. Nitrogen excreted in urine during experiments ivithout food. 



(Amounts per 2 hours.) 



'Benedict, Carnegie last. Wash. Pub. No. 77, 1907. Excepting the results with A. L. L. April 

 27 and Dec. 16, I'.tOI, these values taken from Pub. No. 77 represent the 24 hours of the 

 first fasting flay. 



^Determined in 24 hours of first day of fast. 



