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STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



DETAILS OF METABOLISM EXPERIMENT NO. 76. 

 This experiment, preliminary to metabolism experiment No. 

 13, began with breakfast November 4, 1898, and continued 

 four days. The subject, E. O., performed his usual duties 

 about the laboratory but avoided muscular activity as much as 

 practicable. His weight at the beginning of the experiment 

 was not taken, but at the end just before entering the calorim- 

 eter it was without clothes 69.4 kilos. 



Table 94. 

 Digestion experiment No. yd. 



During this experiment the subject eliminated 5044.0 grams 

 urine, containing 72.1 grams nitrogen. The average nitrogen 

 balance per day was therefore as follows: Income in food, 

 18.9 grams; outgo in urine, 18.0 grams, and in feces, .6 gram; 

 implying a gain of .3 gram nitrogen, corresponding to 1.9 

 grams protein. 



