RESPIEATION RATE. 



473 



Zuntz and Loewy, there is a tendency for the respiration rate to be 



somewhat lower with a low diet. This is in direct contrast with the 



tendency to an increased respiration rate noted with the fasting man. 



RESPIRATION RATE WITH THE STANDING POSITION. 



Aside from the regular records of the respiration rates made in the 

 morning respiration experiments on either the respiratory-valve 

 apparatus or the portable respiration apparatus, a few observations 

 were obtained with the men in the standing position. These were 

 with Squad A on February 3, prior to walking, and with Squad B on 

 both January 6 and 28, prior to walking, and are given in table 109. 

 The values for Squad A for February 3 prior to walking range from 

 10 with Vea to 19 with Mon. If one compares these with the values 

 obtained in the morning experiments, with the subject lying, on the 

 last three days of the research (see table 108), it will be seen that 

 occasionally the respiration rate for standing differed considerably 

 from that for lying on the previous days. In certain cases, notably 

 with Can and Mon, decided increases were observed for the standing 

 position. The general average respiration rate for the morning of 

 February 3 is 13.3 per minute for the 11 men. 



For Squad B we have two sets of observations, with, however, no 

 observations in the lying position for comparison. (See table 109.) 



Table 109. — Respiration rate of subjects, post-absorptive and in standing position. 

 Portable respiration apparatus. 



Here we must confine ourselves to a comparison between the respira- 

 tion rate for the normal and for the reduced diet. The respiration 

 rates are, in a number of instances, considerably higher than usual. 

 Thus on the day with normal diet we have rates of 21 or over with 

 Ham, Sne, and Wil On the day with reduced diet the respiration 

 rate had a tendency in a majority of instances to be somewhat lower 



