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STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



DETAILS OF DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. 205. 



This experiment was part of metabolism experiment No. 48, 

 a work experiment with an excess of fat in the diet. It began 

 with breakfast May 11, 1901. and continued one day. The 

 subject, J. C. W., weighed 79.5 kilos at the beginning and 

 78.8 kilos at the end. 



Table 126. 

 Digestion experhnent No. 20^. 



During this experiment the subject eliminated 141 7. 9 grams 

 urine, containing 17.2 grams nitrogen. The average nitrogen 

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

 17.0 grams; outgo in urine, 17.4 grams, and in feces, 2.0 

 grams; implying a loss of 2.4 grams nitrogen, corresponding to 

 15.0 grams protein. 



