56 
A thick pudding was made of the bananas cooked in their own juice 
with the addition of granose. This dish the subject declared to be 
very palatable and satisfying. The apples were eaten either baked or 
stewed. The subject considered this diet very palatable and did not 
crave any other foods. 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. 409. 
Kind of food. — Oranges, bananas, pecans. 
Subject.— C. P. H. 
Weight {with clothes). — At the beginning of the experiment, 64.9 
kilograms (143 pounds), and at the close, 64.2 kilograms (141.5 pounds). 
Duration. — Four days, with eight meals, beginning with breakfast 
February 18, 1902. 
Table 39.- 
— Results of digestion experiment Ao. 409. 
Sam- 
ple 
No. 
Kind of food. 
Weight; Total 
of ma- i organic 
terial. ! matter. 
Nitro- 
gen. 
Pro- 
tein. 
Fat, 
Carbohj 
-drates. 
Ash. 
Heat of 
combus- 
tion. 
Sugar, 
starch, 
etc. 
Fiber. 
238a 
Oranges 
1 
Grams, j Grams. 
2,381 227.86 
4,480 ! 622.76 
567 ; 533.81 
Grams. Grams. 
3. 57 22. 38 
Grams. 
3.10 
6.72 
405. 50 
Grams. 
191. 90 
556. 00 
21.49 
Grams. 
10.48 
14.79 
17.97 
Grams. 
11.19 
22. 85 
8.79 
Calorics. 
964 
212a 
7.24 
14.21 
45.25 
88.85 
2,638 
4,439 
233 
Total 
Feces (water-free) 
Amount digested. 
Per cent digested. 
7,428 '1,384.43 
25. 02 
156.48 | 415.32 
769. 39 
43.24 
42. 83 
8,041 
101a 
163. 20 
141. 01 
1,243.42 
89.82 
7.33 
17.69 
70.70 
45.80 
110. 68 
70.72 
41.69 
373. 63 
89.96 
43. 11 
726. 28 
94.40 
10.41 
32.83 
75.93 
22.19 
20.64 
48.19 
900 
7,141 
88.80 
138 
Energy of food 
oxidized in the 
7,003 
Per cent of energy 
87.12 
1 

During this experiment the subject eliminated 6,006 grams urine, 
containing 0.407 per cent or 24.46 grams nitrogen. The average 
nitrogen balance per day was therefore as follows: Income in food 
6.25 grams; outgo in urine 6.11 grams, and in feces 1.83 grams; 
indicating a loss of 1.69 grams nitrogen, corresponding to 10.56 grams 
protein. 
It was noted b}^ the subject that the diet used in this test was very 
"weakening.' 1 It had been his custom to exercise an hour each day 
by climbing a steep hill, and to run part of the distance. This he 
could do without difficulty when on a diet which includes cereals, but 
not on the diet used in the present test. 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. 410. 
Kind of food. — Oranges, bananas, pecans, granose. 
Subject.— C. P. H. 
Weight {with clothes). — At the beginning of the experiment, 64.2 kilo- 
grams (141.5 pounds), and at the close, 63.7 kilograms (140.5 pounds). 
Duration. — Four days, with eight meals, beginning with breakfast 
February 25, 1902. 
