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GASEOUS METABOLISM OF INFANTS. 



The chart for this infant during his stay in the hospital is given in 

 figure 10. This shows curves for records of the body-temperature, the 

 pulse-rate, the respiration-rate, the body-weight, and the calories per 

 kilogram of body- weight contained in the food. 



Fig. 10. Hospital chart for F. B. 



One dejection in evening is indicated by — ; one dejection during day by | ; two dejections during 

 day by 1 1. The records of the temperature were taken in the rectum. 



This infant weighed about 2 kilograms less than the average weight 

 for the age, and 3 kilograms less than he would have weighed had he 

 developed in the normal manner. He was very much under weight, 

 but gained consistently while in the hospital. He was considered to 

 be in the convalescent stage of infantile atrophy. The daily records 

 of the food, dejecta, and body-weight are given in table 21. 



