INDIAN CORN AS FOOD FOR MAN. 



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DIGESTION EXPERIMENT No. 39. 



Kinds of foofl : Chestnut flour, bread, potatoes and milk. 

 Subject: E. R. M. Age '23 years. 



Weiglit (witliout clothes) : At beginning 136.7 lbs., at close 134.1 lbs. 

 Duration : 3 days, 9 meals. 



DIGESTION EXPERIMENT No. 40. 



Kind of food : Chestnut flour, bread, potatoes, and milk. 

 Subject: H. A. M. Age, 34 years. 



Weight (without clothes) ; at beginning 130.7 Ibs:.; at close 129.3 lbs. 

 Duration : 3 days, 9 meals. 



6416 

 461S 

 6374 

 6420 

 6419 



Chestnut flour. 



Bread 



Potatoes 



Milk 



Skim milk 



Sugar 



Total 



Feces 



Estimated feces from 

 food other than chest- 

 nuts 



Estimated feces from 

 cliestnuta 



Total amount digested 

 Estiniated digestible 

 nutrients in chest- 

 nuts 



Co-efflcients of digesti- 

 bility of total food . . . 



Estimated co-eflaclept!< 

 of digestibility of 

 chestnuts alone 



900.0 



1275.0 



40.0 



150.0 

 2700.0 



100.0 



% 



821.2 

 755.7 

 9.4 

 17.5 

 242.1 

 100.0 



1945.9 



59.1 



23.2 



35.9 



1886.8 



785.3 



97.0 

 98.1 



57.4 



130.5 



.9 



5.3 



104.6 



298.7 



30.1 

 12.6 



17.5 



268.6 



39.9 



% 



89.9 



69.5 



29.9 



6.2 



.1 



4.9 



13.0 



54.1 



8.8 



8.4 

 45.3 



21.5 



% 



83.7 



71.9 



733. 

 619. 



8 



124! 

 100, 



1593.1 

 20.2 



10.2 



10. 



1572 

 723 



% 



98. 



98. 



21.6 



26.5 



.4 



1.0 

 17.8 



67.3 



14.2 



53.1 



% 



78. 



3662 



3365 



40 



110 

 1177 



396 



8850 



373 



114 



259 



8477 

 3303 



(92.7) 

 (92.2) 



