CONTENTS 



PART VI. 



THE ENERGY-BALANCE OF THE ORGANISM. 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



THE ANIMAL BODY AS A MACHINE. 



The Applicability of the Law of the Conservation of Energy to Living 



Organisms 567 



The Isodynamic Values of the Foodstuffs 575 



The Protein Requirement in the Dietary .'.-.* 578 



The Normal Diet . . 582 



The Calorific Requirement and the Surface Law . . \ . .... 587 



The Nutrition of Children . . . . , ^ . * . . . . , . . . 590 



The Energy Equivalent of Growth . . : . . .; . . .... . 592 



The Outlook . 595 



