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tively the largest increase that occurred m the whole series of observa- 

 tions of body-weight, i. e., 21.2 per cent of his weight on February 3. 

 This subject gained 12.25 kg. in slightly over a month. It is worthy of 

 note that this is one of the subjects who was slightly under the normal 

 weight at the beginning of the experiment. When the records for this 



Fig. 63. — Body-weight curve of Moy. 



subject ceased on March 14, that is, approxunately six weeks after the 

 end of the diet experiment, he weighed 6.5 kg. more than at the begin- 

 ning of the observation in September. 



Body-weight curve of Pea (Fig. 64). 

 Fea was distinctly of an athletic temperament and build, exercised 

 a great deal, and lost weight rapidly on a restricted diet, falHng from 

 his initial weight of 69.25 kg. to 61.25 kg. on November 11. The 

 first upward break in the curve occurred immediately thereafter m 

 common with most of the subjects after the unrestricted meals on the 

 Sundays in Boston. Until December 20 the body-weight fluctuated 

 about this point, which was evidently a basal minimum. In the 

 Christmas recess there was an increase of 6 kg., followed by a rapid fall 

 on a very much restricted diet, with a fluctuating but slower fall there- 

 after to the end of the experiment. In the last week the body-weight 



