LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xi 



33. Existence d'une loi geometrique tres simple de la surface du corps de 



1'homme de dimensions quelconques, demontree par une nouvelle 

 methode ......... ...... .. . 596 



33-a. Chart for determining surface area of man in square meters from 

 weight in kilograms and height in centimeters according to the 

 formula .................. 597 



34. Showing- the R. Q., the total metabolism determined by indirect and 



direct calorimetry as well as the nitrogen elimination during hourly 

 periods alter the ingestion of 1200 grams of meat, by a dog . . . 606 



35. Variations of basal metabolism with age ......... 613 



36. Cross-section of bed calorimeter with which studies on pregnancy 



were made by Carpenter and Murlin .......... 623 



37. Metabolism during first year of life ......... . . 645 



38. Body-weight, pulse-rate and basal metabolism per 24 hours of a girl 



from 5 months to 41 months of age .......... 649 



39. Basal heat production of boys from birth to puberty ..... . 650 



40. Basal heat production of girls from birth to puberty ...... 651 



41. Basal heat production of boys from birth to puberty ...... 651 



42. Basal heat production of girls from birth to puberty ...... 652 



43. Comparison of basal heat production of boys and girls per 24 hours 



referred to body-weight . ............. 653 



44. Basal heat production of boys from birth to puberty . . . . . . 657 



45. Metabolism in calories per day of boys from birth to 15 years of age . 659 



SECTION VII 



ACTIONS OF DRUGS AND THERAPEUTIC MEASURES 

 The Effects of Certain Drugs and Poisons Upon the Metabolism 



HENRY G. BARBOUR 



1. Influence of sodium carbonate ingestion on the glycosuria of a diabetic 738 



2. Leg bones in osteogenesis imperfecta ........ . . 751 



3. Same case as Fig. 2 after two years of treatment with 1/150 grain 



phosphorus twice daily .............. ?52 



4. Effects of acetyl salicylic acid on patient with tuberculous abscess . . 769 



5. Effect of thyroxin in cretinism ........... 783 



Hydrotherapy 

 HENRY A. MATTILL 

 1. Total nitrogen and sodium chlorid in tenths of grams, creatinin in 



hundredths of grams . . . ' ....... 865 



