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MEMOIRS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



DETAILS OF DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. 47. 



This experiment began with breakfast February 11. 1898, and continued 4 days. The diet 

 was the same in kind and practically the same in amount as in metabolism experiment No. In. which 

 immediately followed and of which this experiment formed the preliminary period. The subject. 

 E. O., weighed without clothing 67.4 kilograms (14s^ pounds) at the close of the study. His 

 weight at the beginning was not recorded. He was engaged about the laboratory in his usual 

 occupation, but avoided muscular exertion so far as practicable. Table CV1I gives the details. 



DETAILS OF DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. 48. 



This experiment, which formed a part of metabolism experiment No. 10. began with break- 

 fast February 15. 1898, and continued 4 days. The subject. E. O.. weighed without clothing 

 67.4 kilograms at the beginning and 67.6 kilograms (14» pounds) at the end of the experimental 

 period. Table CVI1I gives detailed results. 



Table C'VII. — Details of digestion i cperiment No. 41 (preliminary ><■ metabolism experiment No. 10). 



