the basal heat production of the rhesus monkey (macaca mulatta)
the basal heat production of the rhesus monkey (macaca mulatta)
the basal heat production of the rhesus monkey (macaca mulatta)
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360 NATHAN EAKIETEN<br />
animals nos. 30 and 4, both <strong>of</strong> which gave values <strong>of</strong> 543 Cal.,<br />
must be attributed to <strong>the</strong>ir individual differences. It was sur<br />
prising to find two animals <strong>of</strong> different weight and sex that<br />
had <strong>the</strong> same low <strong>basal</strong> metabolic rate. It is perhaps unwise<br />
to use <strong>the</strong> average metabolism <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> group.<br />
The trend <strong>of</strong> similar metabolic determination for <strong>the</strong> two<br />
sexes was noted throughout <strong>the</strong> investigation. The average<br />
<strong>heat</strong> <strong>production</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> female group was 3.2 per cent higher<br />
than <strong>the</strong> male, 618 Cal. as compared with 598 Cal., a difference,<br />
however, which is well within <strong>the</strong> experimental error. More<br />
over, if <strong>the</strong> values obtained on animal no. 37, a female, are<br />
excluded <strong>the</strong> average results for <strong>the</strong> female group becomes<br />
600 Cal., a value closely approximating <strong>the</strong> <strong>heat</strong> <strong>production</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> males. It is possible that when more data on <strong>the</strong> <strong>heat</strong><br />
TABLE 2<br />
B. M. S. <strong>of</strong> <strong>monkey</strong> no. 37 which received SS mg. amytal/Teïlo<br />
HOURSPOST<br />
AB8.24<br />
IN KILOS3.5<br />
LITERS/III!.1.680<br />
S
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