CONTENTS. 



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CHAPTER I. Introductory 1 



CHAPTER II. Methods of statistical analysis 9 



CHAPTER III. Individuals and measurements considered 25 



1. Measurements considered 25 



2. Data analyzed 31 



3. Criteria of suitability of materials dealt with 48 



4. Recapitulation 69 



CHAPTER IV. On the interrelationship of various physical and physiological measure- 

 ments 71 



1. Weight and pulse-rate 72 



2. Stature and pulse-rate 75 



3. Pulse-rate and gaseous exchange 78 



4. Pulse-rate and total heat-production 80 



5. Weight and gaseous exchange 83 



6. Stature and gaseous exchange 85 



7. Weight and total heat-production 89 



8. Stature and total heat-production 95 



9. Recapitulation and discussion 105 



CHAPTER V. Changes in metabolism with age 107 



1. Historical review 107 



2. Statistical constants measuring changes in metabolism with age 109 



3. Comparison of changes in pulse-rate in relation to age 123 



4. Recapitulation and general considerations 125 



CHAPTER VI. A critique of the body-surface law 129 



1. Historical 130 



2. Physiological evidence on the body-surface law 135 



3. Measurement of body-surface area 141 



4. Inadequacy of criteria of validity of body-surface law hitherto employed 144 



5. Statistical tests of relative value of the Meeh formula and of the Du Bois 



height-weight chart 151 



6. Correlation as a criterion of the validity of the body-surface law 152 



7. The prediction-value of body-weight and body-surface 161 



8. Further tests of the value of body-weight and body-surface for estimating 



total heat-production 177 



9. Prediction of heat-production from two physical characters 182 



10. Prediction of heat-production from two physical characters (stature and body- 



weight) and age 189 



11. Comparison of body-weight and body-surface as bases of prediction in male 



and female infants 193 



12. Recapitulation and discussion 195 



CHAPTER VII. A comparison of basal metabolism of normal men and women 201 



1. Historical 201 



2. Comparison of metabolism of men and women on the basis of general constants 203 



3. Comparison of metabolism of men and women by use of graduation equations. 205 



4. Comparison of basal metabolism of male and female new-born infants 219 



5. Recapitulation 221 



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