CH. XLI.] 



INANITION 



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weight. The fat nearly all disappears, at least 97 per cent, of it 

 being used up ; muscles lose 30 per cent, of their original weight, 

 and most of the other organs suffer also but in varying degrees. 

 Taking the total loss as 100, Voit gives the loss due to that of 

 individual organs as follows : 



Bone . 



Muscle 



Liver 



Kidneys 



Spleen 



5*4 I Pancreas . 



42-2 Lungs 



4:8 I Heart 



0-6 ! Testes . 



0'6 Intestines 



O'l 

 0-3 

 O'O 

 O'l 

 2-0 



Brain and cord 

 Skin and hair 

 Fat . 

 Blood 

 Other parts 



O'l 



8-8 



26-2 



37 



5-0 



