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Table 18. — Results of digestion experiment No. 393. 
Sam- 
ple 
No. 
Kind of food; 
Weighl 
of ma- 
terial. 
Total 
organic 
matter. 
Nitro- 
gen. 
Pro- 
tein. 
Fat. 
Carbohydrates. 
Sugar. 
starch. Fiber, 
etc. 
Ash. 
Heat of 
combus- 
tion. 
211a 
223 
<; rapes, Verdal ... 
Walnuts 
Grams. 
7,950 
680 
Grams. 
389.59 
Grams. 
ti. 74 
26.75 
1.00 
Grams. 
42.13 
167.14 
6.23 
Grains. 
36. 57 
427. 86 
.59 
Grams. 
779. 89 
32. 30 
42. 40 
Grams. 
31.00 
12.72 
1.04 
Gram*. 
28. 62 
12.99 
1.29 
Cn/nrirs. 
5, 033 
230 
243 
57 50.26 
Total 
Feces (water free) 
Amount digeted.. 
8,687 
1, 579. 87 
34. 49 215. 50 
465.02 
854. 59 
44. 76 
42. 90 
9,147 
37a 
150. 23 
129. 98 
1,449.89 
91.77 
6.98 
27. 51 
79.76 
43. 62 
171.88 
79.76 
48.79 
416.23 
89.49 
24.17 
830. 42 
97.18 
13.40 
31.36 
70.06 
20. 25 
22. 65 
52.80 
866 
8,281 
90 54 
Per cent digested 
Energy of urine 
215 
Energy of food 
oxidized in the 
body 
K,066 
88.18 
Per cent of energ> 
utilized 


During this experiment the subject eliminated -1.722 grams urine, 
containing 0.1:73 per cent or 22.84 grams nitrogen. The average 
nitrogen balance per day therefore was as follows: Income in food 
8.62 grams: outgo in urine 5.59 grams, and in feces 1.74 grams; 
indicating a gain of 1.29 grams nitrogen, corresponding to xjh> grams 
protein. 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. 394. 
Kind of food. — Japanese persimmons and peanuts, supplemented 
by small quantities of tomatoes, granose, olive oil, and milk. 
Subject.— W. S. M. 
Weight (with clothes). — At the beginning and at the close of the 
experiment 56.2 kilograms (12-1 pounds). 
Duration. — Four days, with twelve meals, commencing with break- 
fast December IS, 1901. 
Table 19. — Results of digestion experiment No 394. 
Sam- 
ple 
No. 
Kind of food. 
Weight Total 
of ma- organic 
terial. matter. 
Nitro- 
gen. 
Pro- 
tein. 
Fat. 
Carbohydrates. 
Ash. 
Heat of 
combus- 
tion. 
Sugar, 
starch, Fiber. 
etc. ' 
52a 
Japanese persim- 
Grams. Grams. Grams. 
7,338 1,069.87 12.21 
Grams. 
76. 32 
Grams. 
41.10 
Grams. 
836. 50 
90.50 
1.49 
84.06 
Grams. 
115.9') 
16.89 
.27 
2.06 
Grams. 
3-5.96 
21.84 
.22 
2.55 
( 'alories. 
4,725 
255 
853 789. 49 
45 I 2.35 
113 99.64 
28 ! 28.00 
227 27.92 
■1 1. 54 
.07 
1.98 
27s. 10 403. 70 
.41 .18 
12.36 1.16 
."., 715 
32 
11 
243 
444 
49 
28. 00 
9.08 
260 
9 
Milk 
1.'>0 7. 4') 
11.35 1.59 
172 
Total 
Feces (water-free) 
Amount digested. 
Per cent digested. 
Energy of urine .. 
8,604 2.017.27 60.00 1 374.98 I 483.22 1,023.90 , 135.17 | 62.16 
11,327 
41a 
232.89 207.27 
1,810.00 
7.92 
52. 08 
86.80 
49.52 54.60 1 89.86 
326.46 > 428.62 934.04 
13. 29 
121.88 
90.16 
25.62 
36.54 
68. 78 
1,320 
10,007 
89. 72 
86.80 1 88.70 
91.22 
88.83 
407 
Energy of food 
oxidized in the 
body 
9,600 
JVrcentof energy 
utilized 
84.76 

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