| Fuel value of the food | 2635 calories. |
NITROGEN BALANCE.—Dean.
| Nitrogen Taken in. | Output. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen in Urine. | Weight of Fæces (dry). | ||||||
| Feb. | 9 | 7.883 | grams. | 8.64 | grams. | ||
| 10 | 8.087 | 8.29 | |||||
| 11 | 10.102 | 8.55 | 18 | grams. | |||
| 12 | 10.436 | 9.93 | 18 | ||||
| 13 | 8.170 | 8.87 | 80 | ||||
| 14 | 8.321 | 8.33 | 58 | ||||
| 174 | grams contain 4.90% N. | ||||||
| 52.999 | 52.61 | + | 8.52 | grams nitrogen. | |||
| 52.999 | grams nitrogen. | 61.13 | grams nitrogen. | ||||
| Nitrogen balance for six days | = | -8.131 | grams. |
| Nitrogen balance per day | = | -1.355 | grams. |
Average Intake.
| Calories per day | 2529. |
| Nitrogen per day | 8.83 grams. |
Mr. George M. Beers, Clerk in the Treasurer’s office of the Sheffield Scientific School, became a subject of study in January, 1903. Mr. Beers was thirty-eight years of age, and had always enjoyed fairly good health, although of somewhat frail physique. His occupation has always been indoor work as accountant, etc. His body-weight was 61 kilos.
Mr. Beers came to the writer for advice as to possible ways of improving his general health, and when it was learned that he was in the habit of eating large amounts of meat, the suggestion was made to him that it might be wise to ascertain the effect of a diminished quantity of proteid food, and as a result of this advice Mr. Beers began to cut down the amount of meat consumed daily. The effect of this abstention from meat was so noticeable that voluntarily all meat was withdrawn from his diet. With this change in dietary habits there came about a loss of body-weight, which, however, was soon regained.