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after recovery. It will be clear tliat their weights would have 

 been greater had they continued in health throughout. In stating 

 their produce of milk and food, I treat them as if they had re- 

 mained in health. 



I now proceed to examine the materials of food, their compo 

 sition, and the probable changes they undergo in the animal 

 economy : — 



