604 



INFLUENCE OF FOOD PKESEBVATIVES ON HEALTH. 



TABLE XIII. Nitrogen balances for Series VI Continued. 



[Averages are per man per day.] 

 Su.irvm.ary for nine men (!N"os. 3, 9, and. TO excluded). 



PHOSPHORIC ACID BALANCE. 

 INDIVIDUAL DATA. 



No. L 



The total quantity of phosphoric acid administered in the food of 

 No. 1 during the fore period is 37.037 grams. The average daily 

 quantity consumed is 3.704 grams. The quantities of phosphoric acid 

 in the two subperiods are not greatly different, amounting to an aver- 

 age of 3.809 and 3.598 grams, respectively. Of the total quantity 

 administered in the food 11.424 grams, equivalent to 1.142 grams per 



