===============+==================+==================+================== | _Urine_ | _NaCl_ | _Nitrogen_ _Time of Day_ +-------+----------+----------+-------+----------+------- | |_Specific_| | | | |_C.C._ |_Gravity_ |_Per cent_|_Grams_|_Per cent_|_Grams_ ---------------+-------+----------+----------+-------+----------+------- | | | | | | 8 A.M.-10 A.M.| | | | | | 10 A.M.-12 Noon| | | | | | 12 Noon-2 P.M. | | | | | | 2 P.M.-4 P.M. | | | | | | 4 P.M.-6 P.M. | | | | | | 6 P.M.-8 P.M. | | | | | | 8 P.M.-8 A.M. | | | | | | Total day | | | | | | Night, 8 P.M. | | | | | | to 8 A.M. | | | | | | Total 24 hours | | | | | | Intake of fluid| | | | | | NaCl | | | | | | ===============+=======+==========+==========+=======+==========+====== Urine to be collected punctually every two hours and kept in the ice-box, every specimen having twenty drops of tutuol added to insure preservation. Another ~modification of the Hedinger-Schlayer diet~ is used in the ~Peter Bent Brigham Hospital~,[131] Boston, Massachusetts, as follows: 7 A.M. Coffee, milk, sugar, toast, and butter. 10 A.M. Milk, toast, and butter. 12:30 P.M. Bouillon, broiled steak, butter, mashed potatoes, toast, coffee, milk, sugar. 4 P.M. Tea, milk, sugar, crackers. 7 P.M. Soft egg, blanc-mange (1 egg, sugar, cornstarch, and milk) and cream. Amounts sufficient to give 2500 calories, 1500 c.c. fluid, 76 grams of protein, 127 grams of fat, 245 grams of carbohydrate, and from 5 to 8 grams of sodium chloride. On two days previous to the test the patient usually had a diet containing 2000 calories, 75 grams of protein, 4 grams of sodium chloride.