41 
Table 22. — Results of digestion experiment No. 401. 
Sam- 
ple 
No. 
Kind of food. 
Weight Total 
of ma- organic 
terial. matter. 
Nitro- 
gen. 
Pro- 
tein. 
Fat. 
Carbohydrates. 
Sugar. 
starch. Fiher. 
etc. 
Heat of 
combus- 
tion. 
Qrams. 
Figs, dried 1.012 
Apples 7.792 
Walnuts 657 
Milk 227 
Granose 113 
35 
230a 
223 
9 i 
2-13 
Grams. 
709.11 
863. 36 
618. 36 
27.92 
99.64 
Grams. 
6. 96 
5.11 
25. 83 
1.20 
- 
Grams. 
43. 51 
31.95 
161. 49 
7.49 
12. 36 
Grams. 
7. us 
j 10.91 
413.38 
9. UN 
1.16 
Grains. 
632. .50 
769. 07 
31.21 
11.35 
84.06 I 
Grams. 
86.02 
51.43 
12.2s 
"■2. W 
Grams. 
13.16 
20. 26 
12. 55 
1.59 
2. 55 
Calorics. 
3.133 
3,488 
4,sll 
172 
444 
Total 9,801 b, 378. 39 41.08 _" - 441.61 1,528.19 151.79) 50.11) 12.04* 
Feces water-free) 221.23 193.41 
Amount digested 2. 184. 98 
Per cent digested 91. 86 
Energy of urine 
Energy of food 
oxidized in the 
body 
12.00 
29. as 
70. 79 
75. 02 
181.78 
70.79 
Percent of energy 
utilized 
52. 01 32. 87 
.60 1.495.32 
£>y. ou i, -wo. as. lie. zo zz. 
88.22 97. 85 77.95 44. 
$, 51 27. 82 
118.28 22.29 
1^ 
1,23-5 
10.M3 
■ >■>- 
10,-586 
-7. -7 
During this experiment the subject eliminated 5,645 grams urine, 
containing 0.424 per cent or 23,84 grams nitrogen. The average 
nitrogen balance per day was therefore as follows: Income in food 
1<>.27 grams: outgo in urine 5.99 grams, and in feces 3 grams: indi- 
cating a gain of 1.28 grams nitrogen, corresponding to 8 grams protein. 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. 403. 
K'md of food, — Apples, dates, and peanuts, with some granose, olive 
oil. tomatoes, and milk. 
Subject.— W. S. M. 
Weight (with clothes). — At the beginning of the experiment 58.1 
kilograms (128 pounds) and at the close of the experiment 58.2 kilo- 
grams (128.5 pounds). 
DureUion. — Four days, with twelve meals, beginning with breakfast 
January 21. 1902. 
Table 23. — Results of digestion experiment No. 403. 
Carbohydrates. 
Sam- 
ple 
No. 
Kind of food. 
Weight Total Si 
of ma- organic 
terial matter 
gen. 
Pro- 
tein. 
Fat. 
242a Apples 
37 Dates 
Peanuts . . 
Tomatoes. 
Olive oil.. 
Granose . . 
Milk 
Grams. Grams. Grams. Grams. Grams. 
255 
32 
49 
243 
3, 105 917. 57 
605.02 
642. 38 
2.80 
1,071 
694 
.54 
64 
113 
227 
4.63 
33. 57 
28. 92 
36. 23 226. 51 
.08 .48 
7.94 
3. 21 
328. .50 
.22 
Sugar. 
starch, 
etc. 
Grams. 
811. 35 
550. 40 
73.63 
1.78 
Fiber. 
Ash. 
Heat of 
combus- 
tion. 
Grams. Grams. Calories. 
64. 00 64. 00 
99.64 1.98 12.36 1.16 
27.92 1.20 7.49 9.08 
64. 71 9. 77 
22.49 13.92 
17.77 
. 32 . 27 
84.06 
11.35 
2. 06 
1.59 
Total 
Feces (water-free i 220.55 
Amount digested 2. 163. 48 
Per cent digested 91. 70 
Energy of urine 
Energy of food I 
oxidized in the | 
body 
10.82 67.60 69.15 43.-56 15.54 24.70 
38.67 241.73 344.96 1,489.01 87.78 21.17 
7V14 7s. 14 S3. 29 97.16 84.96 46.15 
Per cent of energy I 
utilized 
3,782 
2, 495 
4,651 
13 
595 
444 
172 
2,359.33 49.49 309.33 414.11 1,-532. 57 103.32 45. S7 12,152 
1,315 
10,837 
89.16 
302 
10, 53-5 
86.70 
