AND INSENSIBLE PERSPIRATION. SOtf 



drank no water, seldom wine, and no fermented 

 liquor, except common table beer. 



The weight of the individual articles were 

 taken at each meal separately, and entered in a 

 journal, distinguishing fluids from solids. 



It will be quite unnecessary to give a detail of 

 the articles and their weights just as they were 

 entered in the journal, because it would be found 

 little more than a repetition of names and quan- 

 tities. A very short time shewed that the daily 

 demand for food, both solid and fluid, was nearly 

 uniform as to quantity; and that the supply 

 might have been made absolutely so without any 

 inconvenience. But the diurnal evacuations were 

 by no means so near uniformity. 



An aggregate of the articles of food consumed 

 in the fourteen days is given below; and the 

 mean proportions for one day are also given, 

 neglecting small fractions. 



Couaumption in 14 Dayi. CoDsamption io 1 Day. 



Bread, l63oz.avoird. .... 12 oz.avoird. 



Oat-cake, ... 79 6 



Oat-meal, .... 12 1 



Butcher*s Meat, 54} 4 



Potatoes, .... 130 9 



Pastry, .... 65 4 



Cheese, .... 32 2 



Total, 625} Solids "li Solids 



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