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During this regime they all lost weight and on the 42nd day the 

 following were the weights below the original weights taken the 

 first time the mice were weighed : 



Parts decrease (original 



weight taken as 100^ 



between the 23rd and 



the 42nd days. 



Somatose Wine 



Residue and 







Oats fed mice . . 



No. 



1. 



26.13 





>> 



5. 



28.52 





>> 



6. 



17.49 



Ordinary Wine 



Residue and 







Oats fed Mice 



No. 



2. 



15.84 





j» 



4. 



11.31 



These figures shew that the average loss of weight in the three 

 mice fed with Somatose Port Wine Residue and Oats, between 

 the 24th and 42nd days was 24.71 parts per 100 of the original 

 weights of the mice, whilst the average loss of weight in the two 

 mice fed with Ordinary Port Wine Residue and Oats, during the 

 same time was 13.57 parts per 100 of the original weights. 



The Port Wine Residue was therefore not equal to the Oats as 

 a feeding material, whilst the Port Wine Residue containing the 

 Somatose, which was advertised as a wonderful feeding material, 

 proved much less valuable as a food than the residue obtained from 

 ordinary port wine. 



Another series of experiments was made by feeding two mice 

 each with rations per 24 hours of : — 



"A" Oats — 3 grammes, with 1 gramme of Glucose. 

 "B" Oats — 3 grammes, with 1 gramme of Port Wine Residue 

 "C" Oats — 3 grammes, with 1 gramme of Somatose Port 

 Wine Residue — Water in each 2.5 grammes. 



The average weights for the two mice in each experiment shewed 

 that, with "A" and "B" rations which were Oats, mixed respec- 

 tively with Glucose and with Ordinary Port Wine Residue, the 

 weights increased during the first 24 hours, with Port Wine 

 Residue and Oats to A\ parts above the original weights taken at 

 100, with Glucose and Oats, to 2 parts per 100 above the original 

 weight of mice, whilst in "C" with the Somatose Port Wine Resi- 

 due, mixed with Oats, both mice lost weight on the average to 4 

 parts per 100 of original weight of mice. 



On the second day the weights gained by "A" was 8^ and by 

 *"B" 8f parts, whilst with "C," although they had gained weight 

 from the previous day, they were still If parts below their original 

 weights. These experiments were commenced on a Thursday at 



