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meal whenever it comes. Likes bulky things, as rye bread and carrots. Has 

 no craving for anything special, except for a good meal. 



November 16, 1917.— Expresses more or less dislike to having his food 

 reduced. 



November 18, i^i 7.— Remarked yesterday that he preferred to omit from 

 diet all or part of meat and get more bulk. 



December 12, 1917. — Has had no bowel movement since first part of week 

 (two or three days). Never calls for bran, but did so to-day. 



January 12, 1918. — Spent Christmas vacation in hospital; operation for 

 hemorrhoids. "I refused meat in the hospital." 



February 2, 1918. — Says chief inconvenience of experiment has been in 

 having to save urine and feces, but hunger has not troubled him so muJch. 

 Manages a store and is busy every minute of day and no time to think about 

 being hungry ; believes it is because of continuous occupation that he has not 

 noticed hunger so much as some of subjects. 



February 6, 1918. — Sick; thinks it due to beans eaten at Laboratory. Has 

 been sick all the week with his stomach. Went to Pec's last night and ate 

 more than Vea. Went home sick to-day. 



February 8, 1918. — Bro reports: "I think Mr. Tompkins has returned to his 

 previous condition of piles; that he ate so much following the experiment that 

 he was put out of condition." 



February 28, 1918. — " Immediately after the experiment I could not seem to 

 eat enough, which caused considerable discomfort, but that has now dis- 

 appeared and I am eating normally again." 



Kirk G. Montague (Mon). 



October 27, 1917.— ''I am hungry and sleepy; otherwise all right." 



November 10, 1917. — " I know that normally I had been eating too much and 

 I can not help but notice the big change." Has felt no pain at any time; feels 

 weak naturally, because hungry; has not felt hungry until this last reduction 

 in diet; hunger comes on before and after supper. Hard to say what article 

 of diet he enjoys most, because he always enjoys eating ever^-thing. Misses 

 ice cream more than anything else. Is hungry all the time or else it is 

 imagination. 



November 12, 1917.— Ras gas in stomach (after free Sunday). 



November 24, 1917.— ''I feel better since they have been giving us some 

 bran." 



December 8, 1917.— " Yesterday and to-day I have felt better smce I have 

 been given more food, as I was 2 full kilograms underweight." 



December 19, 1917.— "'Sot so hungry as I was. More to eat now." 

 (Records show he was getting 2,672 net calories in the latter pa^-t of December 

 as compared with 1,935 calories in the early part.) 



January 7, 1918.— Abstained from food completely for two days (Saturday 

 and Sunday, January 5 and 6, 1918) to reduce weight. 



February 2, 1918. — Says decidedly that present diet is not sufficient to 

 satisfy hunger. Found a great deal of comfort in chewing gum, as several 

 of the subjects have. 



February 6, 1918.— Extra, large serving of food at dinner. Ate Hghtly at 

 night. " Professor Burr conducts very interesting classes, but even he notices 

 that we go to sleep in class now. We fall asleep from eating too much." 



February 8, 1918. — "There is no weakness or hunger now. Food is not 

 repulsive, and has not been at any time since uncontrolled eating began, nor 

 have I been nauseated. I can study better and I can do my physical work 

 better. On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday I had diarrhea; no pam 



