METABOLISM DURING CHEWING. 



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TABLE 67. Increase in metabolism of subjects drinking water, coffee, and beef tea, arul chewing 

 gum. (Calorimeter experiments; subject sitting.) 1 



'Except in experiment with V. G., Dec. 19, 1910. 



'Period here given is the actual time of chewing. 



'Subject in bed calorimeter. 



'Taken in varying amounts at intervals during experiments. For details, see tables 69 to 73. 



'Subject finished drinking coffee 13 minutes after beginning of experiment. 



'About 250 grams at beginning of each hour in first 4 hours of the experiment. 



'Subject finished drinking beef tea from 14 to 38 minutes after the beginning of the respective 



experiments in the Middletown series; from 25 to 31 minutes before the experiments in the 



Boston series. 

 'Obtained by indirect calorimetry. 



