382 Messrs. Parkes and Wollowicz on the Effect of [May 19, 



Days. 



Fluid taken. 



Urea, in 

 grammes. 



Nitrogen in 



urea, 

 in grammes. 



Nitrogen 

 soda-lime. 



1 



Water 



37-000 



17-266 



17151 



2 





33-960 



15-848 



16142 



3 





33-080 



15-437 



16298 



4 



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38040 



17-752 



17752 



5 





33-540 



15-652 



16 525 



6 





35100 



16-380 



16070 



7 



„ 



30-980 



14-457 



13-770 



8 



Alcohol 



32-990 



15-396 



14-555 



9 



35-938 



16-771 



16 614 



10 





36-758 



17- 150 



17-387 



11 





32 126 



14-992 



15029 



12 



„ 



38-658 



18-052 



20-300 



13 





34047 



15-890 



15-592 



14 





34- 129 



15-930 



15-715 



15 





35-457 



16-436 



16-700 



16 





40-352 



18-831 



18170 



17 





37 073 



17301 



17890 



18 



„ 



35-000 



16-330 



17-090 



19 





37-770 



17 640 



17 690 



20 





31-224 



14-571 



14-185 



21 



34-357 



16 030 



16-003 



22 



35-712 



16-666 



17140 



23 





34-344 



16 027 



16- 109 



24 



Water 



34-677 



16-182 



16-167 



25 





32-250 



15-000 



15108 



26 





36-780 



17165 



17050 



The mean daily amounts are : — 





Urea. 



Nitrogen 

 in 

 urea. 



Nitrogen ! 

 by 



soda-lime. 





grammes. 



34- 336 



35- 276 



36- 146 

 34-804 

 34-569 



grammes. 

 16-023 

 16-464 

 16 851 

 16-241 

 16-115 



grammes. 

 16-033 

 16-773 

 16-954 

 16417 

 16108 



As )7'27 grammes of nitrogen (or probably a little more) entered with 

 the food, and as, in the two stools which were examined, 1*6 and 2 grammes 

 of nitrogen passed off respectively, it is certain that in this, as in other 

 cases recorded, the whole of the nitrogen passed off by the kidneys and 

 bowels, and none emerged by the skin or lungs. Of the 1 7\ or 1 1\ grammes 

 which entered as food, 1G or 16| passed off with the urine and \ \ or l£, or 

 from T *j- to y 1 ^, by the bowels. 



The effect of alcohol and brandy on the elimination of nitrogen was not 

 great. In the alcoholic period there was a slight increase over the previous 

 period, but this was dependent (partly, at any rate) on an accidental cir- 

 cumstance. On the twelfth day (during alcohol) the weather was very cold, 



