CH. XXXIX.] 



INANITION. 



587 



Here the body was in nitrogenous equilibrium, and it elimi- 

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

 derived from oxidation of hydrogen. It stored 39-7 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' I 



Carbon. 

 12-6 



I4-5 

 309-2 



I9-5 



Water. 

 "94 

 94 

 1412 



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 dis- 

 charges in the manner already described. The following table 

 from Ranke's experiment on himself represents the exchange for 

 a period of twenty-four hours, twenty-four hours having elapsed 

 since the last meal. 



