INCOME AND DISCHARGE. 



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Albumin 

 Fat . 

 Carbohydrates 



TABLE L* 



Exchange of Material on Adequate Diet. 

 INCOME. 



Nitrogen 



100 grammes 



100 



250 



15*5 grammes 

 o-o 



0-0 ,, 



15-5 



Urea 

 Uric acid 

 Dejecta . 

 Respiration (CO 2 ) 



EXPENDITURE. 



Nitrogen. 

 31-5 grammes | 



o'S J 



14*4 grammes 



o-o 



15 '5 



Carbon. 



53 'o grammes 



79'o 



93 'o 



225-0 



Carbon. 



6"i6 grammes 



10-84 

 208-0 



225-0 



The quantities of albumin, fat, and carbohydrates in the Table represent a 

 diet consisting chiefly of meat and bread, with the addition of smaller 

 quantities of potato, butter, and eggs. It is seen that in man the discharge of 

 N per kilo, of body- weight is 0*21 grammes, and of carbon 3-03 grammes, 

 the quotient - being 14-5. In the carnivorous animal, which, according to 

 Bidder and Schmidt, uses 1*4 of N, and 6'2 of C per kilo, per diem, the ^ 

 quotient is 4-4. In the human being on a flesh diet, the exchange of N 

 amounts to 0-83 per kilo, per diem, and the ^quotient is 5*2. Thus the 

 exchange of material of the human organism, when fed on flesh, is interme- 

 diate in character between the normal exchange and that of the carnivorous 

 animal. 



TABLE II. 



Exchange of Material on an exclusively Albuminous Diet. 

 INCOME. 



Food. 

 Disintegration 



Nitrogen. 

 62-3 grammes 



Carbon. 



279*6 grammes 

 45'9 



* The data on which Tables L, II., and III. have been constructed have 

 been derived for the most part from the observations of Prof. Ranke on him- 

 self. 



