Author: RUBNER, M.
Title: Die Gesetze des Energieverbrauchs bei der Ernährung.
Description: Wien, Fr. Deuticke, 1902. W. 10 diagrs. in the text. Recent marbled brds. (VI, 426 pp.). DSB vol. XI, pp. 585-86: Rotschuh, Tab. 587: G&M 1025: 'Rubner's classical work on the influence of foodstuffs on metabolism...': Fulton, 324: 'The study of the body by the technique of calorimetry was developed by M. Rubner, who demonstrated that living bodies obey the law of energy - defined ... by Helmholtz (1847). His research provided the first clear understanding of the way body temperature is controlled by submission to Newton's laws of cooling, and how the heat generated by the body is dissipated by radiation, conduction, convection, and evaporation...': Norman Coll., 1854.

Keywords: food medicine digestive system W37