STARVATION 



601 



[NUTRITION LABORATORY OF THE CARNEGJE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON. BOSTON. MASSACHUSETTS] 

 METABOLISM CHART OF A MAN FASTING 31 DAYS 



APRIL 14 -MAY 15.1912 



OXYGEN AND CARBON 

 OIOXIDC. c.c. 



45 7 8 9 10 II 12 1314 15 16 17 18 192021 32 23 24 25 26 27 28 2930 3f 



4 3 6 7 8 9 1,0 I.I 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2.5 26 27 28 29 30 3 



Fig. 182. Curve constructed from data obtained from a man who fasted for thirty-one days. 

 The days of the fast are given along the abscissae, and the various measurements along the or- 

 dmates. (From F. G. Benedict.) 



