Electrolyte and Fluid Studies During Water Deprivation and Starvation in Human Subjects, and the Effect of Ingestion of Fish, of Carbohydrate, and of Salt Solutions 12

Human volunteers were deprived partially, or completely, of water and food for several days. Balances of water, of nitrogen, and of various electrolytes were measured, together with the concentrations of these same substances in serum. From these data, the partition of the total water loss between extracellular and intracellular phases was estimated.3 The possible therapeutic val- ues of water, various salt solutions, carbo- hydrate, and whole fish were assayed in certain experiments.