Experiments on the metabolism of matter & energy in the human body. 1900-1902 / by W.O. Atwater and F.G. Benedict.

  • Wilbur Olin Atwater
Date:
1903
Catalogue details

Licence: In copyright

Credit: Experiments on the metabolism of matter & energy in the human body. 1900-1902 / by W.O. Atwater and F.G. Benedict. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    11/368 page 5
    CONTENTS. Page. q Introduction Object of the experiments Questions studied ^ Men who served as subjects of the experiments 10 Apparatus and methods of inquiry H Description of apparatus and methods General plan of calorimeter laboratory 12 Device for regulating the flow of water from the aspirators 14 Incoming-air freezer 15 Valve box 15 Automatic brine pump 1 ” Valve for water meter 18 The meter pump 20 Safety trap for air pipes 26 Analysis of air from pans 26 Analysis of air entering the calorimeter 29 Recording apparatus for the air meter 29 The bicycle dynamo or ergorneter 30 Accuracy of the apparatus and methods—Test experiments 34 Details of metabolism experiments Nos. 35-55 40 General description of the experiments 40 Metabolism experiments Nos. 35 and 36—Rest experiments with ordinary diet and with fasting 46 Metabolism experiments Nos. 37-39 52 Metabolism experiments Nos. 40-42 59 Metabolism experiments Nos. 43-45 67 Metabolism experiments Nos. 46-48 74 Metabolism experiments Nos. 49-51 80 Metabolism experiments Nos. 52-55 88 Summary of plan and results of the experiments 97 Metabolism experiments Nos. 1-55, with corresponding digestion and test experiments _ 97 Discussion of results 104 Kinds, amounts, and composition of food materials 105 Digestibility of food and availability of energy 105 Quantity and composition of excreta—Feces, urine, and perspiration. 113 Summary of data of income and outgo of individual experiments 119 Demand of the body for nourishment—Dietary standards. 124 Elimination of carbon dioxid, water, and heat 128 Body temperature 119 Heat production v. heat elimination 154 Estimates of amounts of oxygen consumed 163 Respiratory and carbon dioxid thermal quotients 168
    digitised image 1
    digitised image 2
    digitised image 3