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case is determined by dividing the weight of the food eaten by the 

 weight of the body; for convenience in comparison this ratio is multi- 

 plied by 100 (thus becoming a percentage). The table gives in suffi- 

 cient detail the ratios of the different kinds of food used, while for the 

 purposes of comparison the ratio of the total weight of food to the 

 weight of the body, as indicated above, is determined. It will not be 

 necessary to go extensively into detail, inasmuch as Table XIII itself 

 will give all the particulars that are necessary. For illustration, how- 

 ever, it may be well enough to call attention to the summary in the 

 case of No. 1 for the fore period of the first series. 



The average weight of No. 1 for the entire fore period is 71.62 kilos. 

 He ate an average of 285 grams of soup per day. The total weight of 

 soup consumed during the fourteen days was 3,984 grams, which is 

 5.56 per cent of his average -weight. Of fish, eaten only on five days, 

 the average quantity consumed is 110 grams, the total weight consumed 

 547 grams, which is 0.763 per cent of the total weight of the body. 

 The average quantity of meat consumed each day is 148 grams, the 

 total amount consumed 1,879 grams, equivalent to 2.63 per cent of the 

 weight of the body. The average daily consumption of vegetables is 

 310.2 grams, the total quantity consumed 4,342.5 grams, equivalent to 

 6.07 per cent of the weight of the body. The average quantity of 

 breakfast cereals consumed is 21 7 grams, the total quantity consumed 

 3,049 grams, equivalent to 4.26 per cent of the weight of the body. 

 The average quantity of bread consumed is 280 grams, total quantity 

 consumed 3,922 grams, equivalent to 5.47 per cent of the weight of 

 the body. The average quantity of butter consumed is 48 grams, total 

 quantity 669 grams, equivalent to 0.933 per cent of the weight of the 

 body. The average quantity of sugar consumed is 52.6 grams, total 

 quantity 736 grams, equivalent to 1.028 per cent of the weight of the 

 body. The average quantity of water consumed is 245 grams, total 

 1,470 grams, equivalent to 2.052 per cent of the weight of the body. 

 The average quantity of milk consumed is 1,324 grams, total quantity 

 consumed 18,542 grams, equivalent to 25.89 per cent of the weight of 

 the body. The average quantity of dessert consumed is 184 grams, total 

 quantity 2,571 grams, equivalent to 3.59 per cent of the weight of the 

 body. The total weight of food consumed during the fourteen davs is 

 41,766.5 grams, equivalent to 58.31 per cent of the weight of the body, 

 or per day 4.17 per cent of the weight of the body. 



The other data of the table will not be described in detail, except to 

 call attention to the generaf daily averages. In the case of No. 2 the 

 food daily consumed is 3. 98 per cent of the weight of the body ; in the 

 case of No. 3, 5.33 per cent; in the case of No. 4, 5.29 per cent; in the 

 case of No. 5, 4.73 per cent, and in the case of No. 6, 3.41 per cent. 



In Tables XIV, XV, and XVI will be found similar details for the 

 preservative subperiods and in Table XVII the figures for the after 



