DIGESTIBILITY OF SOME ANIMAL FATS. 7 



Data of digestion experiments with lard in a simple mixed diet — Continued. 





Weight. 



Water. 



Protein. 



Fat. 



Carbo- 

 hydrates. 



Ash. 



Experiment No. 53, subject W. D.: 



Grams. 



1,909.1 



418.3 



1,362.2 



Grams. 



1,176.0 



35.6 



1, 183. 8 



Grams. 

 56.1 

 56.1 

 10.9 



Grams. 



263.6 



4.8 



2.7 



Grams. 

 399.8 

 315.2 

 158.0 



Grams. 

 13.5 



Wheat biscuit 



6.7 



Fruit 



6.8 























3,689.6 

 92.4 



2,395.4 



123.1 



19.9 



103.2 



271.1 



15.8 



255.3 



873.0 



44.9 



828.1 



27.0 



Feces 



11.8 







15.1 

















83.8 



94.2 



94.9 



55.9 











Experiment No. 54, subject I. D. B.: 



1. 924. 1 

 578.1 



1. 245. 2 

 97.3 



1, 185. 2 



49.1 



1,082.1 



56.6 

 77.5 

 10.0 



265. 7 

 6.6 

 2.5 



402.9 



435.6 



144.4 



97.3 



13.7 





9.3 



Fruit 



6.2 



















3,844.7 

 159.2 



2, 316. 4 



144.1 

 48.1 

 96.0 



274.8 

 32.3 

 242.5 



1,080.2 



63.9 



1,016.3 



29.2 





14.9 







14.3 

















66.6 



88.2 



94.0 



49.0 











Experiment No. 55, subject R. L. S.: 



2, 118. 8 

 637.1 

 742.3 

 54.0 



1,305.2 



54.2 



645.0 



62.3 



85.4 

 6.0 



292.6 

 7.3 

 1.5 



443.7 



480.0 



86.1 



54.0 



15.0 





10.2 



Fruit 



3.7 



















3, 552. 2 

 87.7 



2, 004. 4 



153.7 

 24.3 

 129.4 



301.4 

 18.0 



283.4 



1,063.8 



36.1 



1,027.7 



28.9 





9.3 







19.6 

















84.2 



94.0 



96.6 



67.8 











Experiment No. 56, subject E. M.: 



1,808.1 

 465. 



1,496.6 

 110.3 



1, 113. 8 

 39.5 



1, 300. 5 



53.2 



62.4 

 12.0 



249.7 

 5.3 

 3.0 



378.6 

 350.4 

 173.6 

 110. 3 



12.8 





7.4 



Fruit 



7.5 



















3, 880. 

 110.1 



2,453.8 



127.6 

 35.7 

 91.7 



258.0 



13.9 



244.1 



1,012.9 

 46.7 

 966.2 



27.7 





13.8 







13.9 

















72.0 



94.6 



95.4 



50.2 











Average food consumed per subject per day 



1, 172. 8 



713.0 



37.2 



90.2 



324.1 



8.4 



Summary of digestion experiments with lard in a simple mixed diet. 



Exper- 

 iment 



Subject. 



Protein. 



Fat. 



Carbohy- 

 drates. 



Ash. 



38 



J. C 



Per cent. 

 77.1 

 73.3 

 76.0 

 77.8 

 64.0 

 83.8 

 66. 6 

 84.2 

 72.0 



Per cent. 

 95.7 

 94.9 

 95.1 

 95.3 

 91.7 

 94.2 

 88.2 

 94.0 

 94.6 



Per cent. 

 96.9 

 94.6 

 97.1 

 97.0 

 96.0 

 94.9 

 94.0 

 96. 6 

 95.4 



Per cent. 

 55.6 



39 



J. F 



48.5 



44 



J. c 



67.9 



47 

 48 



R. L. S 



I.D. B 



66.0 

 51.1 



53 



W. D 



55.9 



54 



I. D. B 



49.0 





R.L.S. 



E. M 



67.8 

 50.2 











75.0 



93.7 



95.8 



50.9 









It will be noted on reference to the table that in experiments Nos. 

 48 and 54, both with the same subject (I. D. B.), the percentage 

 digestibility of fat is materially lower than the others and that this 



