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Excerpt from The Archives of Internal Medicine, Vol. 19: May 15, 1917; In Two Parts, Part II
Nitrogen elimination. -the total nitrogen in the urine showed a rise after taking caffein in each experiment except that on J. C. A when the data were not obtained. This rise was greatest in the first experiment on E. F. D. B., 37 per cent., and next greatest in the second experiment on the same subject, 31 per cent. It was least in the case of J. C. F 6 per cent. J. C. F. Likewise had the least rise in basal metabolism, but E. F. D. B. Did not have the greatest. This increase might have been merely the washing out of nitrogenous bodies as a result of the caffein diuresis. The Pulse Rate - This showed sometimes a slight rise, sometimes a slight fall, or else no change at all after the subject received the drug. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
