MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



DIGESTIO>J EXPERIMENT No. 15. 



Kind of food; entire wheat bread. 

 Subject; A. B. O. 



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Carbo- 

 hydrates- 

 Grams. 



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Heats of 

 combustion, 

 determined- 

 Calories. 



6049 

 6046 



Entire wheat bread . . 

 Milif 



1,600.0 

 2,373.6 

 2,585.0 



923.8 

 305.9 

 330.3 



139.0 

 SI. 6 



88.9 



6.9 

 98.5 

 103.4 



777.9 

 125.8 

 138.0 



30.2 

 17.1 

 20.4 



4,093 

 1,946 

 2,100 



6057 



Milk 





Total 





1,560.0 

 60.0 



309.5 

 22.5 



208.8 

 8.1 



1,041.7 

 29.4 



67.7 

 18.6 



8,139 

 320 



6053 



Feces 

















1,500.0 

 96.15 



287.0 

 92.73 



200.7 

 96.12 



1,012.3 



97.18 



49.1 

 72.53 



7,819 





Per cent digested 









Estimated heat of 



combustion of urine 



Energy of food oxi- 





230 





7,569 





Per cent energy util- 

 ized 















93.. 



















DIGESTION EXPERIMENT No. 16. 



Kind of food ; white bread with milk, butter and sugar. 



Subject; A. J. P. 



Weight (without clothes) ; at beginning 136.9 lbs., at end 136.3 lbs. 



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6064 

 6066 

 6068 

 6071 

 6067 



White bread . 



Milk 



Milk 



Milk 



Butter 



Sugar 



Total 



Feces. 



Amount digested 



Per cent digested 



Estimated heat of 

 combustion of urine 

 Energy of food oxi- 

 dized in the body . . 

 Per cent energy util- 

 ized 



1,328.6 



SnO.O 



1,800.0 



1,200.0 



185. ft 



53.0 



806.1 

 96.9 

 224.8 

 151.0 

 159.7 

 53.0 



1,491.5 

 26.0 



1,465.5 

 98.26 



120.5 

 28.0 

 66.4 

 42.0 

 2.4 



25.9 

 33.6 

 75.6 

 50.4 

 157.3 



259.3 

 9.4 



342.8 



249.9 

 96.31 



a37.0 

 98.31 



6.i9.7 

 35.3 



82.8 

 58.6 



63.0 



889.4 

 10.8 



878.6 

 98.79 



17.1 

 5.5 



12.6 



8.4 

 7.0 



50.6 



8.1 



42.5 



83.99 



4,744 



582 

 1,438 



902 

 1,476 



211 



9.353 



196 



9,157 



217 

 8,940 

 95.6 



