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 

 DIOXIDE. c.c. 



ALVEOLAR CO, TENSION, mm. a. 3<6 

 38.0 3.50 



DIOOO PRESSURE.. f 



I 23456789 10 II 12 1314 15 16 17 18 192021 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3f 



XYGENKR KILO. PER MINUTE 



36.0 3.40 

 34.0 3.30 

 32.0 3.20 

 30.0 3.10 

 8.0 3.00 

 2.90 



128 2.80 

 124 2.70 

 120 2.60 

 I 16 2.50 

 I 12 2.40 

 108 I7"00 

 104 1650 

 100 1600 



96 1550 



36.8 1500 

 36.4 1450 

 36.0 1400 

 2 1350 



V -* RB ON WOXI E PER K La PER MINUTE/ 



PHOSPHORUS (P,0s). CMS. 



Sihi 



3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1.0 I.I 12 13 14 15 1.6 17 18 I? 20 21 2.Z 23 24 25 26 2.7 2 29 30 3 



CARBON IN URINE 

 B-OXYBUTYRIC ACID. 



URICACID-N.GM. 



TOTAL SULPHUR (S),GM. 



AMMONIA-N. CMS. 



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- 

 Oinates. (From F. G. Benedict.) ' 



