CH. XXXIX.] 



INANITION 



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Here the body was in nitrogenous equilibrium, and it eliminated 

 more water than it took in by 174 grammes, this being derived from 

 oxidation of hydrogen. It stored 397 grammes of carbon, which is 

 equivalent to 52 grammes of fat. 



The next table gives the results of an experiment on the same man 

 on the same diet, but who did active muscular work during the day : 



Expenditure. 



Urine 



Faeces 



Expired air .... 



Nitrogen. 



17-4 

 2-1 



Carbon. 



12-6 



14-5 



309-2 



Water. 



1194 



94 



1412 



19-5 336-3 2700 



It is important to notice that the discharge of nitrogen was 

 unaltered while that of both carbon and hydrogen was increased. 



Inanition or Starvation. 



The income from without is, under these circumstances, nil; 

 expenditure still goes on, as a result of the disintegration of the 

 tissues ; the amount of disintegration is measured by the discharges 

 in -the manner already described. The following table from Kanke's 

 experiment on himself represents the exchange for a period of 

 twenty-four hours, twenty-four hours having elapsed since the last 

 meal. 



