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Title: American journal of physiology
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: American Physiological Society (1887- ) American Physiological Society (1887- ). Abstracts of papers presented at the fall meeting American Physiological Society (1887- ). Proceedings
Subjects: Physiology Physiology
Publisher: (Bethesda, Md., etc.) American Physiological Society (etc.)
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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lt somewhat weak. Some mental depression was also experi-enced, especially on the fifth day by Mr. L., who complainedof feeling dizzy on getting on his feet after lying down. An Hunger Contractions of Empty Stomach 105 hours lecturing seemed quite an effort on the fourth starvationday, and on the fifth day both men felt distinctly better whenlying down than when sitting or standing. Both men sleptfairly well during the four nights of the starvation period,despite the persistent hunger contractions and the unusualsurroundings of the research laboratory as a sleeping room.Defecation did not take place after the first day. The secre-tion of urine was diminished although water was taken when-ever desired. In some cases a glass of water was taken todiminish the hunger pangs. The writer did not enjoy the cigarafter the second day; in fact, smoking tended to producenausea. (B) The Sensations of Hunger and Appetite. — During theperiod of control observations both subjects trained themselves
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Figure 2. (About one-third the original size.) Record of the end of a typical periodof gastric hunger contractions of J. H. L. (age 22) after five days starvation. Mr.L. was asleep lying on the right side. At X he turned over on the back withoutwaking up. During the strongest hunger contractions Mr. L. moaned but did notwake up. Showing persistence of powerful hunger contractions of the emptystomach during prolonged starvation. in judging the relative intensity of the individual hunger pangs,and in this both of them attained a fair degree of efficiency.They can invariably tell the onset of a hunger period before thecontractions have reached a sufficient intensity to be recognizedas individual hunger pangs. This initiation of the hunger periodconsists in a gradually increasing tonus and feeble and more orless rhythmical contractions, and this is felt as a continuousmild hunger or a moderate degree of steady and somewhat un-comfortable tension in the epigastric region. This sensation is

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