A digest of metabolism experiments in which the balance of income and outgo was determined / by W.O. Atwater and C.F. Langworthy.

  • Atwater, W. O. (Wilbur Olin), 1844-1907
Date:
1898
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Credit: A digest of metabolism experiments in which the balance of income and outgo was determined / by W.O. Atwater and C.F. Langworthy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    which the subjects were in health, and (2) those in which the subjects were suffering from some disease. The first class was further subdivided into experiments in which the iufiueiice of diet was studied, and those in which the inliueiice of other conditious was also investigated. The second class was subdivided according to the diseases from which the subjects were suffering, following Osier’s classification> of diseases. The exj)erimeuts with man in which the balance of nitrogen and carboTi with or without hydrogen, oxygen, and mineral matters was determined form a group by themselves. 1 he exj)eriments with each kind of animal in which the nitrogen balance was determined were groui)ed by themselves. As far as possi- ble the groups were subdivided as in the case of man. The experiments with animals in which the balance of nitrogen and carbon with or without hydrogen, oxygen, and mineral matters was determined form a group by (hemselves. And, finally, the last group is made up of experiments in which the balance of energy was determined. The attempt was not made to include experiments published since 181)4, though a few of later date are quoted. A brief reference to the journals and other publications consulted in making ui) the present comi)ilation may not be out of place. The com- plete liles of Jdhrcsbcricht der Thier Chemie, Jalireahericlitder A(iriki(liur- Cheinic, and the r>ide.r Mediain'^ were consulted, and the original arti- cles referred to in the.se journals were examined for the data (pioted in the tables. In addition, the references iu Voit’s, Muuk and Ufiel- mann’s, and voii Noorden's works were (juite generally examined, as well as the references in the bibliographies contained iu the re])orts of the individual experiments quoted. The complete files of Zeitsvhri/t fiir /{iolofiie, Archiv fiir Hjiffiene, LandirirthsvhaftHchen Versvehs-Sta- tiotieu, Zritscliri/t fiir phyxiologiHchc Chemie, Archiv fiir die gexammte l^hifsiologic, Aimalcs de In Science Agronomigue, and Vrach from 1885 to 181)r) Avere also examined. Many v<»lumes, though not the couq)lete file.s, of the following pub- lications were examined: Archiv der Jleilkintde, Archiv fiir Kinder- heilkiindc, Archiv fiir klinische Jledizin, Archiv fiir pathologische Anato- mic und Physiologic, Archiv fiir Physiologic, Berliner klinische Wochen- schrift, Zeitschrift fiir ITcilknndc, Zeitschrift fiir klinische Medizin, Jahr- huch fiir Kinderheilkunde, T^andicirihschaftliche Jalirbiichcr, Miinchner medicinischc Wochenschrift, Comptes Rendus de VAcademic des Sciences, Paris, British Medical rlournnl, and many other ])eriodicals and special works on physiology and i)hy.siological chemistry, and inaugural disser- tations. While it can not be claimed that the present compilation is complete, it is believed that few of the recorded experiments have escaped notice. ’ W. Osier, Priuciples and Practice of Medicine. -Oulj’’ those sections were examined which it was believed would contain experi- ments of the nature sought.