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masked by cloudy swelling and fatty degeneration. Her results are shown in 

 the accompanying table, all cases being males, excepting group I (6 males, 4 

 females). Data for loss in body weight were lacking. 



Average Weight of the Liver in Various Conditions of Inanition (Krieger '20) 



Group 



Number 

 of cases 



Normal weight 

 (2.69 per cent of 

 body wt.), grams 



Observed 

 weight, 

 grams 



Estimated 



loss in 



weight, per 



cent 



I. Emaciated insane. . 



II. Chronic diarrhea. . 



III. Malignant growths 



IV. Chronic infections. 



V. Tuberculosis 



VI. Aged 



15 

 29 



17 



i,S92 

 1,754 

 1,786 

 1,786 



i,754 

 1,786 

 I.498 1 



42.1 



43-5 

 32.8 

 28.0 

 27.7 

 38.0 

 26. o 1 



1 Making allowance for normal age decrease. 



Weber ('21) found an apparent decrease of about 10 per cent in the weight 

 of the liver (excluding pathological organs) at Kiel, comparing data from the 



1000-^ 



3 



600 



I '-'1 



1 1 I I L 



80 90 100 110 1Z0 IX) 140 150 160 1T0 



Fig. 88. — Graph showing the individual weights of the human liver, according to body- 

 length, in atrophic or emaciated cases, up to 20 years of age. Data from various sources. 

 Curve of normal liver weight from data compiled by Prof. R. E. Scammon. The liver appears 

 below the normal weight in most cases. 



period of subnutrition (1916-1918) with an earlier period of good nutrition 

 (1914-1915). Data for body weight were lacking, however. From 50 necrop- 

 sies in cases of starvation (age 1-63 years), Stefko ('23) concludes that the 

 liver loses in both relative and absolute weight. 



