INGESTION OF COFFEE. 



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TABLE 80. 4. W. W., April 12, 1907. Sitting. (2-hour periods.) 

 Coffee (78 C.) and sugar: 



Amounts, 271 grams coffee, 23 grams sugar; nitrogen, 0.08 gram; total energy, 105 cals . 



Fuel value: Total, 105 cals.; from protein, 2 p. ct. ; from carbohydrates, 98 p. ct. 

 Basal values (March 15 and 21, 1907) : CCh, 50 grams; Oa, 41 grams; heat, 155 cals. 



Subject finished drinking coffee 13 minutes after the beginning of this period. The drinking 



was done quickly. 

 *Sample included amount for about l hours, without food, preceding experiment. 



TABLE 81. A. H. M., April 19, 1907. Sitting. (2-hour periods.) 

 Coffee (56 to 66.5 C.) arid sugar: 



Amounts, 1,011 grams coffee, 62 grams sugar; nitrogen, 0.39 gram; total energy, 300 cal. 



Fuel value: Total, 296 cals.; from protein, 3 p. ct.; from carbohydrates, 97 p. ct. 

 Basal values (March 6 and 9, 1907): COa, 51 grams; Os, 46 grams; heat, 164 cals. 



'About 250 grams at the beginning of each hour of the first two periods. 



'Sample included amount for about 3f hours, without food, preceding experiment. 



RESPIRATION EXPERIMENTS. 



J. J. C., 8 h o7' tt a. m. to 4 h 52 m p. m., March 9, 1911. 64.3 kilograms.- 

 Low-carbohydrate supper preceding day. Coffee made in proportion of two 

 heaping tablespoonfuls of coffee to one cupful of water and boiled 10 minutes. 

 Urinated 7 h 15 m a. m. First basal period, awake and quiet; second, drowsy; 

 third, very quiet, keeping awake with some difficulty; fourth, fell asleep at 

 least once in spite of constant efforts of observer to prevent it. In periods 

 following coffee, awake and quiet, with one decided movement in next to last 

 period. Between sixth and seventh periods after coffee, turned on his side 

 and generally somewhat active; between eighth and ninth periods, somewhat 

 restless. Blood pressure: basal periods, 111, 110, 109, 110 mm.; after coffee, 

 123, 124, 117, 115, 117, 122, 129, 130, 1 132 mm. Nitrogen in urine per hour 

 7 h 15 m a. m. to 5 p. m., 0.43 gram. 



tingle record. 



