Experiments on the metabolism of matter and energy in the human body, 1898-1900 / by W.O. Atwater and F.G. Benedict ; with the cooperation of A.P. Bryant and A.W. Smith and J.F. Snell.
- Wilbur Olin Atwater
- Date:
- 1902
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Experiments on the metabolism of matter and energy in the human body, 1898-1900 / by W.O. Atwater and F.G. Benedict ; with the cooperation of A.P. Bryant and A.W. Smith and J.F. Snell. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![CONTENTS. Introduction The questions studied General plan of the apparatus and the experiments Test experiments Sampling of the air current for analysis Experiments with men Preparation, sampling, and analysis of foods Determination of nitrates and nitrites in the water of perspiration Eecord of body weight, temperature, and pulse rate ]\Ieasurement of muscular work Details of the experiments iNletabolism experiment No. 11 Metabolism experiment No. 13 Metabolism experiment No. 14 jMetabolism experiment No. 21 Metabolism experiment Nos. 23 and 24 Metabolism experiment No. 25 Metabolism experiment Nos. 26 and 28 Metabolism experiment Nos. 29 and 31 Metabolism experiment Nos. 32 and 34 Summary and results of the experiments Scope of the investigations Summary and results of individual experiments Food materials supplied and consumed, and the difference in demand by men at rest and at work Elimination of water Elimination of carbon dioxid Elimination of energy ... 1 Income and outgo of energy Page. 7 7 9 9 14 15 16 IS 1) 20 21 21 32 40 51 58 71 80 94 107 121 121 125 128 131 136 138 144 '](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28113408_0007.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
