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meal on Sunday, November 11, is again noted; also an increase 

 on November 23. The lower weight-level is evidently not far 

 from 60 kg. In spite of the fact that the recorded weights for this 

 subject show an increase of only 1 kg. during the Christmas vacation, 

 it should be stated that, according to the report of the subject, very 

 large increases and decreases in weight were observed during this time. 

 The subject reported one increase of 5.9 kg., which necessitated a 

 rapid reduction by exercise and purgatives. On returning to college, 

 he voluntarily took a very low diet of approximately 1,000 calories, but 



Fig. 61. — Body- weight curve of Gul. 



even under these conditions there was an increase in weight, probably 

 due to an increase in the water content of the body. During the final 

 two or three weeks the body-weight fluctuated either side of 60.5 kg., 

 which is not far from his minimum value. At the conclusion of the 

 experiment the usual rapid rise in body-weight was observed, until 

 the subject had reached a level nearly 3 kg. higher than the initial 

 weight in September. This subject was noted among his colleagues 

 as a heavy eater. His potentialities for consuming large quantities of 

 food are indicated by the typical day's record selected from his report of 

 unrestricted diet, which shows the large number of calories usually 

 taken on the free days. (See table 33, p. 269.) 



Body-weight curve of Mon (Fig. 62). 



Perhaps no subject in the whole squad adhered so rigidly to dietetic 

 control as did Mon. He was a wrestler, and was rather anxious to 

 secure a lower weight so that he might enter a lower wrestling class 



