The biology of human starvation. Volume I /
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.
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Minneapolis :
The University of Minnesota Press,
[1950]
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Table of Contents:
- 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