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Ingesta and Egesta of Mr. E. P. Weston. 



Table II. Reducing the various Foods tabulated in Table I to Food 



Equivalents. 



Table III. Daily Average of Water-free Food taken by Mr. Weston 

 as compared with a Standard Diet. 



Standard Average of 



diet. Weston's food, 



grms. grms. 



Albuminoids 98 '46 235 "80 



Carbohydrates 437 '98 799 '90 . 



Fat 47-40 64-63 



Mineral matters 24 '37 22 '67* 



The albuminoids are therefore about 2'5 times that of an ordinary 

 diet, and the carbohydrates and the fat nearly double. 



The Urine. 



The urine daily measured by Mr. Green, and forwarded to me, 

 was always normal in colour, and contained neither albumin nor 

 sugar. 



Each sample was also tested for indigo by adding an equal bulk of 

 strong hydrochloric acid and the proper quantity of bleaching powder, 

 and then shaking up with chloroform ; but in no instance could any 

 evidence of indigo be obtained. By the time the urine reached me it 

 had always undergone some ammoniacal decomposition, and any 



* The mineral matter is much too low, as is proved by the fact that the mineral 

 substances excreted were in excess of the calculated ingested mineral substances; the 

 explanation of which is that I have had no weights given me of the salt taken at 

 meals, nor have I sufficient data for the mineral constituents of the broth, tea, 

 coffee, and liquids drank. 



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