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[NUTRITION LABORATORY OF THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS] 

 METABOLISM CHART OF A MAN FASTING 31 DAYS 



APRIL 14 -MAY 15.1913 

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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- 

 dinates. (From F. G. Benedict.) 



