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STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



DETAILS OF DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. I49. 



This experiment, preliminary to metabolism experiment No. 

 26, began with breakfast February 10, 1900, and continued 

 four days. The subject, J. F. S., weighed in underclothes 

 64 kilos at the end of the period. During the experiment he 

 performed as little muscular activity as possible aside from his 

 regular duties in the laboratory, which were light. The diet 

 in the experiment contained an excess of fat. 



Table 102. 

 Digestion experiment No. z/p. 



During this experiment the subject eliminated 4939.9 grams 

 urine, containing 64.3 grams nitrogen. The average nitrogen 

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

 15.9 grams; outgo in urine, 16. i grams, and in feces, 1.8 

 grams; implying a loss of 2.0 grams nitrogen, corresponding 

 to 12.5 grams protein. 



