Bulletin Volume 84, Pts. 1-2 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...each series and for the periods and subperiods of the investigation. Tables LXXXV-XCV (pp. 423-161) contain the daily data for each ease. SERIES I. In Series I the part of the fore period covered is December 16-21 only. It will be sufficient for the purposes of the discussion to call attention to the summaries rather than to the individual data. The latter are found in the tables, and if a more detailed study of individuals is desired these can be utilized. Of 20,603.9 grams of solids ingested in the food in the period mentioned, 865.5 grams, or 1.2 per cent, are found in the feces and 9.7 per cent in the urine. The total percentage recovered in the feces and urine is 13.9, and the balance is 17.781.432 grams. The average daily quantity of solids in the food of each person is 589 grams, of which 24.7 appear in the feces and 82.04 in the feces and urine. The daily balance is 506.958. In the first preservative subperiod, extending from December 22 to December 26, it is seen that 4.4 per cent of the. ingested solids appear in the feces and 14.5 in the feces and urine. The average daily quantity of solids in the foods for this period is 605 grams, of which 26.4 grams appear in the feces and 87.59 grams in the feces and urine. The average daily balance during this period is 517.408 grams. During the second subperiod the average daily solids in the food are 635 grams, of which 28.3 grams appear in the feces and 86.22L in the feces and urine, leaving a balance of 548.779 grams. The percentage of total solids excreted in the feces during this period is 4.5 and in the urine 9.1. During the third subperiod the average quantity of solids in the food is 569 grams, of which 28.5 appear in the feces and 56.97 in the urine. There is an elimination of 5 per cent in the fec...