SALICYLIC ACID AND SALICYLATES. 



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TABLE XXI. Calories balances for Series VI Continued. 



[Averages are per man per day.] 

 Summary for nine men. 



SOLIDS BALANCE. 



A study of the solids balance gives valuable indications respecting 

 the effect of the preservative upon the process of digestion and assimi- 

 lation. It also furnishes data of important physiological significance 

 in other respects. 



INDIVIDUAL DATA. 



No. 1. 



The average daily quantity of solids in the food of No. 1 for the fore 

 period is 467 grams, for the preservative period 474 grams, and for 

 the after period 476 grams. It is thus seen that there is very little 



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