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DETAILS OF DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. 85. 

 This experiment, forming part of metabolism experiment 

 No. 24, began with breakfast March 19, 1899, and continued 

 three days. The subject, E. O., weighed without clothing, 

 72.7 kilos at the beginning and 72.9 kilos at the end. He 

 remained as quiet as possible during the period. The diet 

 contained an excess of carbohydrates in the form of sugar. 



Table 99. 

 Digestion experiment No. 8^. 



During this experiment the subject eliminated 5957.9 grams 

 urine, containing 54.8 grams nitrogen. The average nitrogen 

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

 19.8 grams; outgo in urine, 18.2 grams, and in feces, 1.3 

 grams; implying a gain of .3 gram nitrogen, corresponding to 

 1.7 grams protein. 



