A Biometric Study of Human Basal Metabolism

Abstract

PHYSIOLOGY: HARRIS AND BENEDICT tance less than 8ep from the point P, then X and P lie together in a connected sub-set of M every point of which is at a distance of less than e from the point P. The set M is said to be uniformly connected im kleinen if for every positive number e there exists a positive num-ber 68 such that if P1 and P2 are two points of M at a distance apart less than 58 then they lie together in a connected sub-set of M every point of which is at a distance of less than e from P1. Cf. Hahn, H., Jahresber. D. Math. Ver., Leipzig, 23, 1914, (318-322). 6 Hausdorff, F., Grundzilge der Mengenlehre, Veit & Co., Leipzig, 1914. 7 Cf. my paper, A theorem concerning continuous curves, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., 23, 1917, (233-236). 8 Cf. Theorem 43 of my paper, On the foundations of plane analysis situs, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., New York, 17, 1916, (131-164). I take this opportunity to correct an error in the statement of Theorem 44 of this paper. In this statement the upper 'interior' and the two upper 'without's are to be omitted. Investigators are now generally agreed that the metabolism, expressed in terms of calories per unit of time, of the normal subject shall be taken as a basis of comparison in the investigation of all the special problems of human nutrition, for example, that of the requirements for muscular activity, that of the influence of specific diseases or of the level of nutrition upon metabolism, that of the chahge of metabolic activity with age,.and so forth. Critical