23,5 Fleming: Metabolic Mechanism in Beriberi 4H 



to the kidney. Nothing was found in the way of the marked 

 increase in blood urea found by Yosikawa, Yano, and Nemoto(i3) 

 in some severe cases of beriberi. 



SUMMARY 



1. In a series of beriberi patients the basal metabolic rate 

 was found to be the same as in normal controls. The respiratory 

 quotients were normal. With the percentages of heat obtained 

 from the combustion of protein, of fat, and of carbohydrate they 

 point to a normal utilization of the food eaten. No evidence 

 of the high carbohydrate intake as a disturbing factor was 

 found. 



2. Blood sugar values were against the high carbohydrate 

 intake causing a "diabetic tendency." 



3. No evidence was found of damage to the excretory power 

 of the kidney in beriberi, either in patients with oedema or in 

 those without this symptom. 



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