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1894 - 95 .] Mr J. J. Douglas oti Thyroid Feeding. 
same effect in health? To elucidate this question the following 
experiment was performed. 
Ex'periment. 
The subject was a patient in the Edinburgh Koyal Infirmary, 
placed at my disposal through the kindness of Dr Byrom Bramwell. 
Kate M‘G , aged 22, a domestic servant, suffering from lupus of 
the face, hut otherwise healthy. She was not confined to bed, but 
was not allowed out of the ward. She was instructed to keep care- 
fully all urine and faeces, and to eat the whole of the diet provided 
and nothing else, and in all these respects she was most exemplary. 
On the first day of the experiment the patient was given un- 
limited quantities of the food intended for her fixed diet, and told 
to eat as much as seemed to satisfy her. This was found to be as 
follows : — 
Oatmeal, . . . . . . 
80 
grms. 
Wheaten Biscuits, .... 
150 
33 
Butter, ...... 
20 
33 
Sugar, ...... 
40 
33 
Rice, ...... 
75 
33 
Mince Collops (cooked), 
Liebig’s Extract, .... 
100 
33 
12 
33 
Cheese, . . . 
40 
33 
Milk (condensed), .... 
80 
c.c. 
Tea Tabloids, ..... 
6 
33 
This diet was adhered to throughout the experiment. All the 
various articles were weighed in the laboratory, and sent to the 
hospital each day. The oatmeal and rice were weighed raw, and 
cooked in the ward. At the beginning of the experiment a large 
quantity of mince collops was cooked and sterilized in a large flask, 
and the quantity required weighed out daily. 
The nitrogen of this diet was determined by Kjeldahl’s method, 
and was found to be as follows 
Oatmeal, 
Biscuits, 
Bice, 
Mince Collops, . 
Liebig’s Extract, . 
Cheese, 
Milk, 
2*70 per cent. 
1-92 
1*05 
5-31 
)) 
jj 
J5 
8*5 
5-75 
1*9 
3J 
3 3 
33 
Total 
2T6 grms. 
2-91 
•78 
5-31 
1-02 
2*30 
1-52 
33 
33 
33 
33 
33 
33 
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