StThomas's Hospital reports . [To face page 344. Adlard & Son, [To face page 344. Adiard & Son, Imp. Do we varij in Weight during the day ? 345 Now what aie tlie greatest differences I have recorded ?The greatest diftereuce was between the night and moriiino*of 3 lbs. 12 oz., and this may be accounted for by thenatural loss of weight partly by the perspiration at night,which is variously estimated by different authorities at from2 to 4 lbs., and partly by the natural loss of weight fromobvious causes. It would be a simple course to weigh theexcreta; but has this been done ? The foregoing
StThomas's Hospital reports . [To face page 344. Adlard & Son, [To face page 344. Adiard & Son, Imp. Do we varij in Weight during the day ? 345 Now what aie tlie greatest differences I have recorded ?The greatest diftereuce was between the night and moriiino*of 3 lbs. 12 oz., and this may be accounted for by thenatural loss of weight partly by the perspiration at night,which is variously estimated by different authorities at from2 to 4 lbs., and partly by the natural loss of weight fromobvious causes. It would be a simple course to weigh theexcreta; but has this been done ? The foregoing are the average weights of a healthy manengaged in ordinary hospital work, but fuller observationsare certainly wanted. I would suggest that those whohave the charge of schools, or asylums, or such institutions,might very easily make a series of observations which wouldbe of practical use and are evidently wanted. Some very curious records of variations in body-weightat different times of the year have been given by a Danishobserver; but these are what may be
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