1870.] 



Alcohol on the Human Body. 



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FOOD. 



Amount of solid food taken daily through the whole period : — 



Ounces. Amount of nitrogen. 



Avoirdupois. Grains. 



Bread 16 60'99 



Beefsteak 12 1/3* 



Fat for frying ditto .... 2 1 



Butter 1 ? 



Sugar 3 



Milk 6 16 5 



Potatoes 16 16 



Salt T \ 



266-49 

 or 17*27 grammes. 



The meat was fried in the fat. The meals were taken always at the 

 same time, viz. at 8 a.m., 1.30 p.m., and 5 p.m. ; at 10 p.m. he took four 

 ounces of water. 



The amount of water taken was : — 



First period before alcohol. In fluid ounces. In c. c. 



48 1363 



Alcoholic period. 



First day 47 1334 



Second day 46 1306 



Third day 44*5 1263 8 



Fourth day 42- 7 1214 



Fifth day 41 1164 



Sixth day 41 1164 



After alcohol 48 1363 



Brandy period 42 1164 



After brandy 48 1363 



It was not intended that the quantity of water should be altered ; but 

 through a misconception, the man thought the spirit and brandy were to 

 take the place of the water, and took therefore less water in proportion. 

 In one respect the mistake was fortunate. The total amount of water taken 

 in the so-called solid food, and as drink, was about 72^ fluid ounces, or 

 2059 c. c. daily during the water days, and a little less during the days on 

 which he took alcohol and brandy. 



* The nitrogen in the beefsteak was determined once ; the result was almost identical 

 with the results given in experiments in exercise recorded in No. 94 (1867) of the Pro- 

 ceedings of the Royal Society. As the bread was analyzed on a former occasion, it was 

 not so now ; its composition is very constant, the same amount of flour, water, and 

 yeast being always used in the hospital bakery at Netley. 



