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166 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. 44. 
Kind of food: Mixed diet. , Subject: Laboratory janitor 
(H.O.). Wetght (without clothes): At beginning, 67.6 kilos, 
at end, 66.5 kilos. Duration: Four days, with 12 meals. 



TABLE 41. 
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3 zi de | 28 re: si 
= ort ~ 
Co F M OS ax ee ms 2s eo 258 
= oop MATERIALS. os |}sg¢| eX | & eg <q | S28 
aa Pol gata ee, See mes 
= 3 a CA 







Grams} Grams|Grams|Grams| Grams| Grams} Cal. 

2821 1 pela ried, aie - - 600} 232] 189°} 43 | — Io | 1448 
2819. Hges,. - : : 380 relied | ge yy ly ¢ 41 | — 4° "5680 
2527. eisuttety « - - - LAOv) “123 2 | II9g |} — 5 | 1088 
2826 | Milk, - . = - | 3400) 486) 116 | 173\) 107) sai scan 
2815 | Bread, rye, - - =F a) -TZ00N FOR £26 I | 605) | aoauiaass 
Sugar, - 2 - - 160} 160| — — | 160; — 636 
2817 | Beans, baked, - - 5O00\|" 130: 533 2 5: aE 604 
2823 | Apples, - - - - 800 | 120 2 4°') tia = 492 
Total, - - > | 97280) 2132 | 518+) 383 12st s "ieee 
2825 | Feces, - - - - 284 yew see i 225 467 
— | Am't (digested) available, — | 2062! 487 | 366: |. 12008. s5Qu11 ies 
fo fo % ho % 
— | Per cent. available, - - — |96:7 1 94.01 95.0 98.2) gente 
— Estimated heat of combus- 








tion of urine, - - Se pee NS Re ieee 609 
— | Energy of food oxidized in 
the body, - ae — — Fp bP — |10512 
% 
— Per cent. energy available, | — — | Oe oo 

Remarks.—This experiment began with breakfast November 12, 1897, and 
continued four days. It represents the second period of metabolism. experiment 
No. 8, namely, that passed in the respiration calorimeter. The subject entered 
the calorimeter on the evening of- November 11 and remained until 7 o’clock on 
the morning of November 16 when the experiment ended. As is the case in all 
these metabolism experiments one separation of the feces marks the end of the 
first and the beginning of the second period of the experiment. The following © 
table shows the income and outgo of nitrogen: 
Income and outgo of nitrogen in digestion experiment No. 44. 



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23 Spee | oe a Gain + or Loss — 
Lo ssbo"e Nitrogen in ans, a8 
_ Perron. | 2D Urine. 55 | 58 | Nitro- | Protein. 
age ZS 7, gen. | NX 628: 
1897. Grams. |PerCt.] Grams. Grams| Grams.| Grams. | Grams. 
Nov, 12-13, 7 A. M.-7.A, M.,| 3208 | 165] 20°90.) 1.3.) 20,6 0-5 ene 
Nov. 13-14, 7 AuM.—7 A. M.sl 92268 |) (83 (008.00) 1.220, 7o eee +3.8 
Nov. 14-15,-7.4.M.~7 Av M,,|- 1958 1'<:974, 19.0 \01,3 g2O hula +3.1 
Nov. 15-16, 7A. M.-7 A. M.,| 1830) 1-06) 10:2) 1.2)| oo 7 eee ede he 
Lota, * - - 0273. | = 17850 Ne Oe ano co 0.0 







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