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Data of digestion experiments tcith green-turtle fat in a simple mixed diet. 





Weight 

 of foods. 



Constituents of foods. 



Experiments, subjects, and diet. 



Water. 



Protein. 



Fat. 



Carbohy- 

 drate. 



Ash. 



Experiment No. 681, subject A. F.: 



Blancmange containing green- turtle fat 



Grams. 



1,933.0 

 378.0 

 657.0 

 227.0 



Grams. 



890.0 



34.0 



570.9 



Grams. 



34.0 



40.1 



5.3 



Grams. 



174.2 



6.7 



1.3 



Grams. 

 821.7 

 292.2 

 76.2 

 227.0 



Grams. 



13.1 



6.0 





3.3 



















3, 195. 

 73.0 



1, 494. 9 



79.4 

 21.4 

 58.0 



181.2 



10.0 



171.2 



1,417.1 



32.4 



1,384.7 



22.4 





9.2 







13.2 

















73.0 



94.5 



97.7 



58.9 











Experiment No. 682, subject P. K.: 



Blancmange containing green-turtle fat 



1. 703. 

 338.0 

 368.0 

 164.0 



784.1 



30.4 



319.8 



30.0 



35.8 



3.0 



153.4 

 5.1 

 0.7 



723.9 



261.3 

 42.7 

 164. 



11.6 

 5.4 



Fruit 



1.8 



















2, 573. 

 79.0 



1, 134. 3 



68.8 

 26.3 

 42.5 



159.2 



11.6 



147.6 



1,191.9 

 • 34.3 

 1, 157. 6 



18.8 





6.8 







12.0 

















61.8 



92.7 



97.1 



63.8 











Experiment No. 683, subject J. C. M.: 



Blancmange containing green-turtle fat 



1,377.0 

 321.0 

 780.0 

 143.0 



634.0 



28.9 



677.8 



24.2 



34.0 



6.2 



124.1 

 4.8 

 1.6 



585.4 



248.1 



90.5 



143.0 



9.3 

 5.2 



Fruit 



3.9 



















2, 621. 

 105.0 



1,340.7 



64.4 

 29.7 

 34.7 



130.5 



7.5 



123.0 



1,067.0 



59.9 



1,007.1 



18.4 





7.9 







10.5 

















53.9 



94.2 



94.4 



57.1 











Experiment No. 684, subject A. A. R.: 



Blancmange containing green- turtle fat 



1,180.0 

 159.0 



1,139.0 

 396.0 



543.3 

 14.3 



989.8 



20.8 

 16.9 

 9.1 



106.3 

 2.4 

 2.3 



501.6 

 122.9 

 132.1 

 396.0 



8.0 

 2.5 



Fruit 



5.7 

















Total food consumed 



2, 874. 

 76.0 



1,547.4 



46.8 

 27.3 

 19.5 



111.0 



9.1 



101.9 



1, 152. 6 



32.4 



1,120.2 



16.2 





7.2 







9.0 

















41.7 



91.8 



97.2 



55.6 











Average food consumed per subject per day . . . 



938.5 



459.8 



21.6 



48.5 



402.4 



6.3 



Summary of digestion experiments with green-turtle fat in a simple mixed diet. 





Experiment No. 



Subject. 



Digestibility of entire ration. 



Esti- 

 mated 





Protein. 



Fat. 



Carbohy- 

 drate. 



Ash. 



digesti- 

 bility of 



green- 

 turtle fat 



alone. 



681 



A. F 



Per cent. 

 73.0 

 61.8 

 53.9 

 41.7 



Per cent. 

 94.5 

 92.7 

 94.2 

 91.8 



Per cent. 

 97.7 

 97.1 

 94.4 

 97.2 



Per cent. 

 58.9 

 63.8 

 57.1 

 55.6 



Per cent. 

 98.3 



682 



P. K 



97.5 



683 



J.C. M 



100.0 



684 



A. A.R 



98.4 













57.6 



93.3 



96.6 



58.9 



98.6 











