Archives of internal medicine . enc-j CO Cvl C-J a (Nlc~ N ? CJJ Z - CD ^ c5 < 1 I-2 UJ C_) O N o oo COCD OCDOQ KTt CO CO CO ao CO <c: CD OOCM O o y z <£ - ad = — / : 1 - — EUGENE F. DU BOIS 179 NORMAL ABSORPTION In the case of normal individuals who are given an easily-digesteddiet, the food is practically all absorbed and the feces consist almostentirely of bacteria and the secretions of the intestinal i The fecesof a starving person can contain from to gm. of nitrogen a day,and of a person on a nitrogen free diet as much as to gm. ofnitrogen. Seducing bodi
Archives of internal medicine . enc-j CO Cvl C-J a (Nlc~ N ? CJJ Z - CD ^ c5 < 1 I-2 UJ C_) O N o oo COCD OCDOQ KTt CO CO CO ao CO <c: CD OOCM O o y z <£ - ad = — / : 1 - — EUGENE F. DU BOIS 179 NORMAL ABSORPTION In the case of normal individuals who are given an easily-digesteddiet, the food is practically all absorbed and the feces consist almostentirely of bacteria and the secretions of the intestinal i The fecesof a starving person can contain from to gm. of nitrogen a day,and of a person on a nitrogen free diet as much as to gm. ofnitrogen. Seducing bodies and ether-soluble substances are also presentin the stools when none is given in the food. In addition to thesesecretions of the intestinal tract, however, considerable amounts of food Michael K. Day of DiseaseCent. Fahr. 40 104 39 102 38 100 37 98 Grams 3 0 0 20 0 I 00. Chart 2.—Temperature curves, etc., in Case 2, Michael K. residue do appear in normal persons who are given coarse or poorly-cookedfood, or food in unusually large quantities. As a rule, sugars arecompletely absorbed, and well-cooked starches almost completely. Emul-sified fats of low-melting point are better absorbed than fats of high-melting point. When fats are given in amounts greater than 350 intestine does not absorb well. (It may be noted that one of thetyphoid patients in this series was given 327 gm. of fat on one day.) In 3. Lusk: The Science of Nutrition. Philadelphia. 1909, p. 45. 4. Mendel and Fine: Studies in Nutrition, Jour. Biol. Chem., 1912, xi, 5. - i rchi i E8 of ixtehsai ;\i: c-orisidering the absorption of any particular ... - . - Eat for instance,one can get a false idea if one considers the ; . loss alone without
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