The biology of human starvation. Volume I / by Ancel Keys [and others] of the Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota ; with forewords by J.C. Drummond [and others].
Keys, Ancel, 1904-2004, author.; University of Minnesota. Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene.
1950
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Title The biology of human starvation. Volume I / by Ancel Keys [and others] of the Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota ; with forewords by J.C. Drummond [and others].
Author Keys, Ancel, 1904-2004, author.
ISBN 9781452937984 (electronic bk.)
1452937982 (electronic bk.)
9780816672349
Published Minneapolis : The University of Minnesota Press, [1950]
Copyright ©1950
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource
Call Number QP141
Dewey Decimal Classification 612.3/91
Summary Describes what is called The Minnesota Experiment, carried out with the assistence of the Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 1255-1342).
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Intro; Contents; Background; 1. THE HISTORY OF STARVATION; 2. THE SOURCES OF EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION; 3. THE CARNEGIE NUTRITION LABORATORY EXPERIMENT; 4. GENERAL FEATURES OF THE MINNESOTA EXPERIMENT; Morphology; 5. SIGNIFICANCE AND LIMITATIONS OF MORPHOLOGICAL DATA; 6. BODY WEIGHT; 7. PHYSICAL APPEARANCE AND EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS; 8. BODY FAT; 9. MORPHOLOGY OF SOME ORGANS AND TISSUES; 10. MORPHOLOGY OF THE HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS; 11. MORPHOLOGY OF THE ENDOCRINE GLANDS; 12. BONES AND TEETH; 13. SKIN AND HAIR; 14. BLOOD MORPHOLOGY, INCLUDING BONE MARROW; 15. COMPARTMENTS OF THE BODY

Biochemistry16. NATURE OF THE BIOCHEMICAL PROBLEMS; 17. BASAL METABOLISM; 18. ENERGY AND PROTEIN REQUIREMENTS OF NORMAL PERSONS; 19. TOTAL ENERGY EXCHANGE AND NITROGEN BALANCE; 20. NITROGEN METABOLISM; 21. VITAMINS AND VITAMIN METABOLISM; 22. LIPID METABOLISM; 23. MINERAL METABOLISM; 24. CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; Physiology; 25. NATURE OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS; 26. THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM; 27. RESPIRATION; 28. CIRCULATION AND CARDIAC FUNCTION; 29. FAINTING AND THE CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE TO POSTURE; 30. THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; 31. RENAL FUNCTION; 32. SPECIAL SENSES

33. NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTIONS AND MOTOR PERFORMANCE34. THE CAPACITY FOR WORK; 35. SEXUAL FUNCTION

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