CHARACTER OF THE KATABOLISM. 



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TABLE 10. Respiratory quotients of infants during early hours after birth. 



1 Duration of periods about 1 hour in practically all cases. 



2 The designations here used indicate only that the activity in one period is greater or less than in 



the other periods, the letter A being applied to the period of least activity in each case. 



The designations are not comparable for the different subjects. 

 'This quotient was obtained following an interval in which the cover of the chamber was 



removed to give the baby a small amount of sterile water and after a second preliminary 



period. 



