LIST OP ILLUSTRATIONS 



A History of Metabolism 

 GRAHAM LUSK 



FIGCRE 



1. Frontispiece of "De medicina statica aphorism!," showing Sanctorius 



seated on a chair suspended from a large steelyard . . . . v 7 



2. Priestly V, * . . 1C 



3. Scheele's apparatus showing bees in the upper chamber of a glass 



apparatus filled with oxygen 18 



4. Lavoisier and his" wife 20 



5. The burning glass of Trudaine 21 



6. The closed circuit apparatus of Regnault and Reiset . . >/^ . . 41 



7. Carl Yoit 6G 



8. Max Rubner . . ^ . . 76 



SECTION I 



DIETARY CONSTITUENTS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES 



Water as a Dietary Constituent 



PHILIP B. HAWK 



1. Curve showing pronounced stimulation by water and rapid emptying 



of the stomach 282 



2. Curve showing moderate stimulation by water . . . . ..' . . 283 



3. Curve showing slight stimulation by water in the human stomach . . 283 



4. Curves showing immediate stimulation by water and rapid emptying 



of the stomach 284 



5. Curves showing no glandular fatigue in human stomach .... 285 



6. Curves showing comparative stimulatory power of water and bouillon . ', 



in the human stomach 285 



7. Curves showing comparative stimulatory power of water and coffee 



in the human stomach 286 



8. Curves showing comparative stimulatory power of water and oatmeal 



in the human stomach . 287 



9. Chart illustrating the evacuation of various fluids from the human 



stomach e . . . . *V . : ..'.?. . ", s * * & 2S9 



SECTION II 



A Normal Diet 

 ISIDOR GREENWALD 



CHART ' /t t: . MGE 



1. Total food value of the chief world foods expressed in calories . . . 362 



2. Per capita consumption of meat . 364 



3. Neumann's observations on himself of reduced war diet 417 



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