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]
Published
Minneapolis : The University of Minnesota Press, [1950]
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
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
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1255-1342)
