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ment in the patient's condition. It seemed that the explanation 

 of these phenomena is that the tissues withdraw from the blood a 

 large part of the katabolic products which compose the retained 

 nitrogen and that this would be disclosed by analyses of organs 

 and tissues obtained at autopsy. 



Tissue Analyses. 



No. 



Diagnosis. 



Water 

 Content 

 Per Cent. 



Total 

 Nitrogen 

 Per Cent. 



Extract 

 Nitrogen 

 Per Cent. 



Extract 

 Nitrogen, 

 per 100 g. 

 Dry Sub- 

 stance. 



Psoas Muscle. 



4- 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 



Pancreatitis 



Peritonitis 



Pneumonia 



72.9 

 72.8 

 73-8 

 77.2 



2.92 

 306 

 2.99 

 3-08 



O.24 

 0.23 

 O.24 

 0.32 



0.88 

 0.84 

 0.90 



0.97 



Liver. 



4- 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 





74-4 

 62.1 



73- 7 



74- 8 



2.S2 



2- 34 



3- 27 

 3-35 



0.18 

 0.17 

 0.30 

 0.26 



0.70 



0.44 

 z.14 

 1.03 



Psoas Muscle. 



19. 

 21. 





84-5 

 79.8 



2.83 

 3" 



O.223 

 0.214 



1-43 

 1. 05 



82.1 



2-97 



0.218 



1.24 



Liver. 



19- 

 21. 



Nephritis with edema 



78.8 

 76.6 



2.56 

 302 



0.14 



0-195 



0.67 

 0.83 



77-7 



2.79 



0.167 



0.75 



Psoas Muscle. 



3- 

 13- 

 16. 



Nephritis with N retention 



Nephritis with N retention 



Nephritis with N retention 



77-7 

 78.4 

 78.8 



301 

 3-23 

 3 04 



0.370 

 0.340 

 0.383 



1.6s 

 1. 14 

 1.80 



78.3 



309 



0.36 



1-53 



Liver. 



3- 

 13- 

 16. 



Nephritis with retention 



Nephritis with retention 



Nephritis with retention 



76.5 

 73-6 

 76.7 



3-IO 

 3-32 

 2-9S 



0.36 

 0.20 

 0.30 



1-53 

 0.75 

 1.28 



75-6 



3-12 



0.28 



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