40 INANITION. 



OUTCOME. 



Discharged by Excretion 44*3 grammes 263*0 grammes 



Retained in Store . 18*3 ,, 62*5 ,, 



62-3 325-5 



In the experiment referred to in this Table 1832 grammes of meat consumed 

 as food yielded 3*4 per cent, of Nitrogen, i.e., 62*3 grammes, and 12 '5 

 per cent, of Carbon, i.e., 229-3 grammes. Seventy grammes of fat also 

 consumed as food yielded 72 per cent, of Carbon, i.e., 50-3 grammes: 

 229-3 + 5'3 = 279-6. During the same period 86-3 grammes of Urea were 

 discharged daily, containing 46*6 per cent, of Nitrogen, i.e., 40-4 grammes, 

 and 20 per cent, of Carbon, i.e., 17*3 grammes, to which must be added two 

 grammes of Uric Acid, containing 33 per cent, of Nitrogen, i.e., o - 66 gramme, 

 and 35 per cent, of Carbon, i.e., 07 gramme. Further, 2*9 grammes of Nitro- 

 gen and 14 grammes of Carbon were discharged in the faeces, and 231 grammes 

 of Carbon were expired as CO 2 . Hence the total discharge of Nitrogen 

 (40-4 + o'66 + 2*9) was 43*96 grammes, and may therefore be stated as 44 : 

 and the total discharge of Carbon (17-3 + 07 + 14 + 231) as 263 grammes. 

 Deducting the quantity of Nitrogen discharged from that taken in, 18*3 

 grammes must have been retained in 108 grammes of Albumin, and conse- 

 quently 53 per cent, of that weight of Carbon, i.e., 62*5 grammes. 



Comparing the quantity of Carbon disposed of in the 24 hours with the 

 quantity introduced as food, we find that the latter is in excess by 45-9 

 grammes, which must have been derived from the disintegration of the fat 

 of the body. 



TABLE III. 



Exchange of Material in Inanition. 

 DISINTEGRATION OF TISSUE. 



Nitrogen. Carbon. 



Albumin . . 50 grammes 7 '8 grammes 26-5 grammes 

 Fa t 199*6 I57'S 



184-0 



DISCHARGE OF NITROGEN AND CARBON. 



Urea . . 17 grammes) r g mes 3 . 4grammes 



Uric Acid . . 0-2 ., J 



Respiration (CO,) . . . i8o'6 



184-0 



