INFLUENCE OF MUSCULAR EXERTION UPON METABOLISM: 225 
abundant than the latter. There would seem to be no inherent 
difficulty, then, in supposing that the fat of the muscle and of the 
blood serves directly as a source of energy, although the writer is not 
aware of any investigations upon the influence of the contraction 
of a muscle upon its fat-content. 
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