268 Metabolie Influcncc of Underfeeding [Jan. 



serves predominated over the constructive processes, the basal 

 metabolism went back to its original level, the level which was char- 

 acteristic for this particular organism. 



Oiir dog responded to the vicissitudes of experimentation not as 

 a mosaic of kilograms, but as a physiological entity tending to retain 

 or to restore its organic equihbration, 



College of Physicians and Surgeons, 

 Columbia University 



