STAPLETON.

Date.		Body-weight.	Urine.
Date.		Body-weight.	Volume. 24 hours.	Sp. Gr.	Nitrogen.		Uric Acid.		P₂O₅.
1904		kilos	c.c.		grams		gram		grams
Jan.	15	77.2	1350	1026		16.20		0.941
	16	77.2	2200	1020		20.33		1.163
	17	77.2	2000	1025		21.00		1.095
	18	78.1	1650	1026		21.78		0.897
	19	77.1	1585	1029		20.64		1.139
	20	77.0	1390	1028		19.26		0.480
	21	77.1	1560	1026		20.31		0.971
	22	77.1	1620	1023		18.37		0.735
	23	78.0	1810	1025		21.72		0.624
	24	77.0	1430	1024		17.42		0.890
	25	76.0	990	1029	⎫	14.95 daily average		0.841 daily average		2.83 daily average
	26	76.0	1280	1026	⎪
	27	77.0	885	1030	⎪
	28	77.1	1660	1021	⎬
	29	76.1	1005	1029	⎪
	30	77.1	1310	1027	⎪
	31	76.1	800	1031	⎭
Feb.	1	76.1	1090	1028	⎫	13.48		0.743		2.34
	2	76.1	1175	1025	⎪
	3	76.0	1120	1030	⎪
	4	76.0	950	1031	⎬
	5	76.0	1150	1023	⎪
	6	76.0	1165	1029	⎪
	7	76.0	770	1033	⎭
	8	76.0	825	1030	⎫	12.72		0.712		2.74
	9	76.0	1160	1026	⎪
	10	76.0	1140	1023	⎪
	11	76.0	1160	1023	⎬
	12	76.0	970	1026	⎪
	13	76.0	1115	1024	⎪
	14	76.0	1360	1023	⎭
	15	76.0	1040	1026	⎫	12.36		0.755
	16	76.0	1020	1023	⎪
	17	76.0	1380	1021	⎪
	18	76.0	880	1029	⎬
	19	76.0	945	1030	⎪
	20	76.0	1940	1017	⎪
	21	76.0	2670	1016	⎭
	22	76.0	1590	1023	⎫	13.03		0.967		2.56
	23	76.0	1870		⎪
	24	76.0	870	1026	⎪
	25	76.0	1275	1024	⎬
	26	76.0	1140	1025	⎪
	27	76.0	1930	1018	⎪
	28	76.0	1120	1026	⎭
	29	76.0	1140	1028	⎫	12.91		0.803		2.59
Mar.	1	76.0	1300	1022	⎪
	2	76.0	1295	1023	⎪
	3	77.0	825	1030	⎬
	4	76.0	1860	1021	⎪
	5	76.0	1230	1026	⎪
	6	76.0	1155	1029	⎭
	7	76.0	830	1031	⎫	11.02		0.707
	8	76.0	860	1031	⎪
	9	76.0	940	1029	⎪
	10	76.0	550	1034	⎬
	11	76.0	780	1028	⎪
	12	77.0	790	1026	⎪
	13	76.0	700	1030	⎭
	14	76.0	830	1027	⎫	10.26		0.757
	15	76.0	1650	1014	⎪
	16	76.0	1120	1019	⎪
	17	76.0	690	1027	⎬
	18	76.0	1170	1024	⎪
	19	76.0	2230	1010	⎪
	20	77.2	1180	1025	⎭
	21	76.0	540	1032	⎫	11.55		0.794
	22	76.0	880	1030	⎪
	23	76.0	990	1028	⎪
	24	76.0	1130	1024	⎬
	25	76.0	1470	1025	⎪
	26	76.0	1280	1025	⎪
	27	76.0	1240	1021	⎭
	28	76.0	1020	1023	⎫	11.14		0.667
	29	77.0	1440	1018	⎪
	30	76.0	1595	1018	⎪
	31	76.0	1210	1017	⎬
Apr.	1	76.0	1940	1018	⎪
	2	76.0	1110	1028	⎪
	3		1185	1026	⎭
	4		1420	1027	⎫	17.56		0.929		2.77
	5		1260	1029	⎪
	6		1095	1026	⎬
	7		1315	1030	⎪
	8		1180	1029	⎪
	9		1140	1030	⎭
	11	75.0	1285	1031	⎫	16.43	⎫	0.550
	12		940	1023	⎭	16.43	⎪
	13		750	1027		9.59	⎪
	14		720	1026		10.45	⎬
	15		910	1028		10.70	⎪
	16		815	1021		6.32	⎪
	17		1110	1012		5.33	⎭
	18		820	1024		4.58	⎫	0.418
	19		750	1025		7.38	⎪
	20	74.0	880	1024		7.13	⎪
	21		1005	1026		9.17	⎬
	22		1090	1027		9.74	⎪
	23		1085	1019		8.17	⎪
	24		990	1020		8.26	⎭
	25		1150	1021		9.21	⎫	0.599
	26		980	1025		9.23	⎪
	27	75.0	1570	1019		8.29	⎪
	28		1040	1025		9.05	⎬
	29		1020	1022		9.98	⎪
	30		1000	1026		9.40	⎪
May	1		1025	1025		10.56	⎭
	2		1070	1027		11.25	⎫	0.377
	3		1585	1018		10.37	⎪
	4	75.0	1805	1023		8.70	⎪
	5		1350	1022		9.88	⎬
	6		920	1024		7.84	⎪
	7		900	1025		9.23	⎪
	8		930	1025		11.50	⎭
	9		875	1027		11.81	⎫	0.625
	10		1010	1022		8.85	⎪
	11		1010	1023		9.26	⎪
	12	74.0	600	1030		9.29	⎬
	13		940	1028		10.60	⎪
	14		975	1023		7.37	⎪
	15		800	1025		6.63	⎭
	16		1200	1019		8.14
	17		515	1030		6.58
	18		790	1029		9.67	⎫	0.691
	19	74.1	745	1029		8.58	⎪
	20	74.1	880	1022		9.51	⎪
	21	74.1	1100	1027		9.64	⎬
	22		890	1028		9.56	⎪
	23		690	1020		8.03	⎪
	24	76.0	905	1025		9.04	⎭
	25		665	1031		8.46	⎫	0.663		2.27
	26	74.5	630	1026		7.45	⎪
	27		950	1024		8.83	⎬
	28	73.0	850	1027		10.60	⎪
	30		1060	1020		10.88	⎭
	31		1640	1015		8.56
June	1		1230	1013		9.37
	2		1180	1019		10.34
	3		620	1024		6.96
	4		910	1020		11.47
	5		880	1019		11.09
	6		855	1025		11.14
	7		1250	1017		8.78
	8		885	1025		11.10
	9	74.0	730	1020		6.35
	10		1540	1017		8.87
	11		750	1015		5.85
	12	73.4	1265	1015		9.71
Daily average from Jan. 25			1094	1024				0.699		2.64
Daily average from Jan. 25 to April 12						13.12
Daily average from April 13 to June 12						9.00

It is plain from the foregoing results, that all the men of this group, like the members of the professional group, experienced no difficulty in reducing in large measure their rate of proteid metabolism. The intake of proteid food was steadily diminished, with a corresponding diminution in the extent of nitrogen metabolism. Take as an illustration the average daily output of nitrogen from April 13 to June 15, a period of sixty-three consecutive days: