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COMPARISON WITH CASES OF STARVATION. 



(a). The Nitrogenous Output. We may institute com- 

 parisons either with analyses of the urine of professional 

 fasting men, or of patients suffering from haematemesis 

 treated by saline or saline with glucose. 



(The following figures are taken from von Noorden's 

 "Metabolism," vol. ii., pp. 7, 33.) 



TOTAL OUTPUT OF NITROGEN, IN GRAMS. 



The figures in brackets are the Urea N + Ammonia N of 

 Case I, at the Bristol Royal Infirmary. 



