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Messrs. Parkes and Wollowicz on the 



Rectum after wine. 



[Recess, 







Hours. 







Days. 











Mean of 





ft A nr 

 O A.M. 



12 noon. 



4 P.M. 



in n if 



1U P.M. 



the days. 



zist flay ... 



QQ-ft 



99-9 



99-4 



QQ.Q 



QQ.K7 



22nd day.. 



990 



99-6 



99-8 



990 



99-35 



23rd day... 



99-0 



99-5 



99-2 



99-6 



99-32 



24th day... 



99-2 



994 



99-2 



99-0 



99-2 



25th day. . . 



996 



99-4 



99-4 



99-2 



99-4 . 



26th day... 



98-8 



99-2 



99-4 



99-0 



99-1 



27th day... 



98-8 



99-2 



99-2 



99-4 



99-15 



28th day... 



99-0 



994 



99-6 



99-4 



9935 



29th day... 



99-6 



99-2 



990 



99-6 



99-35 



30th day... 



98-8 



99-8 



99-6 



99-4 



99-4 



Means 



9916 



9946 



99-38 



99-28 



99-32 



The temperatures are almost precisely the same as in the first period. 

 The 4 o'clock temperature is identical with that of the wine-period. 



4. Action on the Urine. 



Elimination of water by the kidneys. 



Twenty-eight fluid ounces were taken as drink, and the water in the 

 so-called solid food made the total daily ingress of water 72| fluid ounces, 

 or 2059 cub. centims. 



The following are the means of the three periods : — 



Amount of water taken 

 daily in solid food and as 

 drink. 



1st period (water) 2059 c. c. 



2nd period (wine) 2010 c.c. 



3rd period (water) 2059 c.c. 



Mean amount of urine 

 passed in 24 hours. 



1210 c. c. 

 1148 c.c. 

 1155 c.c. 



As 49 cub. centims. less water were taken in the wine-period, the 

 amount of urine ought perhaps to be increased by this amount, and this 

 would make it only 13 cub. centims. less than the first period. 



It may be concluded that 1 and 20 ounces of light wine (containing 

 1*1 and 2*2 ounces of alcohol), when substituted for water, had no diu- 

 retic effect. The amount of alcohol to act as a diuretic was perhaps too 

 small, as in the former series with the larger quantities of alcohol there 

 was certainly some increased flow of urinary water. 



Elimination of nitrogen by the kidneys. 



The same amount of food being given as in the previous experiments, 

 the amount of nitrogen passing into the body was \1\ or J 1\ grammes, 

 or probably a little more. The whole of this passed by the urine and 

 bowels, so that in this respect the difference in the temperature of the air 

 had no effect. In other words, although the weather was so hot, there 

 was no evidence of urea escaping by the skin. 



