The Biology of Human Starvation

Contents for Volume I
Contents for Volume II
Forewords
Foreword • Sir Jack Drummond
Foreword • Russell M. Wilder
Foreword • C. G. King and Robert R. Williams
Authors’ Foreword
Acknowledgments
Background
	1. The History of Starvation
	2. The Sources of Evidence and Information
	3. The Carnegie Nutrition Laboratory Experiment
	4. General Features of the Minnesota Experiment
Morphology
	5. Significance and Limitations of Morphological Data
	6. Body Weight
	7. Physical Appearance and External Dimensions
	8. Body Fat
	9. Morphology of Some Organs and Tissues
	10. Morphology of the Heart and Blood Vessels
	11. Morphology of the Endocrine Glands
	12. Bones and Teeth
	13. Skin and Hair
	14. Blood Morphology, Including Bone Marrow
	15. Compartments of the Body
Biochemistry
	16. Nature of the Biochemical Problems
	17. Basal Metabolism
	18. Energy and Protein Requirements of Normal Persons
	19. Total Energy Exchange and Nitrogen Balance
	20. Nitrogen Metabolism
	21. Vitamins and Vitamin Metabolism
	22. Lipid Metabolism
	23. Mineral Metabolism
	24. Carbohydrate Metabolism
Physiology
	25. Nature of the Physiological Problems
	26. The Gastrointestinal System
	27. Respiration
	28. Circulation and Cardiac Function
	29. Fainting and the Cardiovascular Response to Posture
	30. The Electrocardiogram
	31. Renal Function
	32. Special Senses
	33. Neuromuscular Functions and Motor Performance
	34. The Capacity for Work
	35. Sexual Function