This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...impossible to separate the fasting fecee. With the subject J. A. (9) no feces were passed between 7h 45m a. m. on the day before the fast and 7h 40m a. m. on the second day after it concluded. Sohn, the subject of Hoover and Sollman (8), did not defecate during the 8 days of an hypnotic sleep. It should be added, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...impossible to separate the fasting fecee. With the subject J. A. (9) no feces were passed between 7h 45m a. m. on the day before the fast and 7h 40m a. m. on the second day after it concluded. Sohn, the subject of Hoover and Sollman (8), did not defecate during the 8 days of an hypnotic sleep. It should be added, however, that suggestion was used to prevent defecation. Flora Tosca (11) during her 15-day fast defecated but once, i. e., the evening of the sixth day: --after taking a saline purgative. Baumstark and Moler f report that no feces were passed by the fasting woman (Schenk) between the second and fourteenth days of fasting. No weights of feces are given. Owing to long retention in the colon, fasting feces become hard, much dried and pilular, and frequently cause considerable uneasiness. Much difficulty is experienced in passing them, and at times they may cause considerable pain with slight hemorrhages. The use of an enema to remove fecal matter during inanition is quite common. This method was employed throughout the 30-day fast of Succi, reported by Luciani. Separation of feces.--In studying the feces resulting from different diets, it is common to separate that portion of the feces belonging to one diet from that belonging to another by means of some material which will either color the feces or will mingle with them in such other manner as to enable the separation to be sharply made. For the coloring material carmine, charcoal, and lampblack have most commonly been used, while the other type of separating agent has more commonly been berry and fruit seeds, silica, and other similar insoluble materials. While with subjects undergoing experiments in which a sufficient quantity of food is given, these separating agents serve fairly well to distingui..
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1650grams, ISBN:
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Fine. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 542p. (Publication, no. 77. ) A fine copy. Garrison-Morton 1027. "William Welch and John Shaw Billings were impressed with Benedict's early publications on animal heat and metabolism, and they conviced the Carnegie Foundation trustees to establish a nutrition laboratory under Benedict's direction. The result was the Boston Nutrition Laboratory, where Benedict remained until his retirement (1907-1937)." (DSB 1.610/1. )
