Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Experiments on the Metabolism of Matter and Energy in the Human Body, 1903-1904
The chief factors pertaining to the metabolism of matter in the liv ing organism Which at present can be determined with reasonable accuracy may be classed as follows: I Make Dry matter of food, including drink other than water.
Water of food and drink. Oxygen from inspired air. Output Dry matter of feces and urine. Water of feces and urine. Water of respiration and perspiration. Carbon dioxid. Complete analyses may be made of the dry matter of food, feces, and urine, including determinations of nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen.
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