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These observations were made in October 1908 while it was still sultry, and
they again show a decrease in the amount of urine passed when the quantity of
rice in the diet was lessened.
| (iii).—Ten Bengali prisoners under observation for fifteen days. | ||||||||
| 1st period of five days. | Per man daily. | Remarks. | ||||||
| DIET— | ||||||||
| Burma rice | 25 | ozs. | Urine 2514 c.c. | Salt usual quantity. | ||||
| Massur and Arhar dals | 6 | „ | ||||||
| 2nd period of five days. | ||||||||
| DIET— | ||||||||
| Burma rice | 20 | ozs. | Urine 2545 c.c. | Ditto. | ||||
| Massur and Arhar dals | 6 | „ | ||||||
| 3rd period of five days. | ||||||||
| DIET— | ||||||||
| Burma rice | 18 | ozs. | Urine 1929 c.c | |||||
| Massur and Arhar dals | 6 | „ | ||||||
These observations were carried out in the cold weather. The quantity of
urine passed by the prisoners is very high. While the results with a diet
containing 20 ozs. of Burma rice show practically the same quantity of urine
excreted as with 25 ozs. those with 18 ozs. exhibit a great fall.
| (iv).—That the quantity of dal does not seem to cause any variation in the amount of urine excreted would appear from the following:— | ||||||||
| Ten Bengali prisoners under observation for fifteen days. | ||||||||
| 1st period of five days. | Per man daily. | Remarks. | ||||||
| DIET— | ||||||||
| Burma rice | 20 | ozs. | Urine 2545 c.c. | Salt usual quantity. | ||||
| Massur and Arhar dals | 6 | „ | ||||||
| 2nd period of five days. | ||||||||
| DIET— | ||||||||
| Burma rice | 20 | ozs. | Urine 2544 c.c. | Ditto. | ||||
| Massur and Arhar dals | 5 | „ | ||||||
| 3rd period of five days. | ||||||||
| DIET— | ||||||||
| Burma rice | 20 | ozs. | Urine 2607 c.c. | Ditto. | ||||
| Massur and Arhar dals | 7 | „ | ||||||