LBRITTONSTANDARD VALUESNUTRITION andMETABOLISMW, B.SAUNDERS COMPANY-^ rfitSTANDARD VALUESifiNUTRITION and METABOLISMBeing the second fascicle aof Handbook ofBiological DataEDITED BYERRETT C. ALBRITTON, A.B., M.D.Fry Professor PhysiologyofThe George Washington Universitye.rsPrepared under the Direction of the Committeeon the Handbook of Biological DataAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCESTHE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCILPhiladelphia and LondonW. B. SAUNDERS COMPANYSaunders CompanyCopyright, 1954, by W. B.copyright unioncopyright under the internationalNo partreserved. hook is protected by copyright. ofAll rights Thismanner without written permission fromit may be reproduced in anyany purpose the United States Government.the publisher, except for ofSlates America.Made in the United ofNumber: 54-12407Library of Congress Catalog CardForewordSciences-National Research CouncilFive years ago the National Academy ofStates Air Force, towith the Wright Air Development Center, Unitedcontractedin the variouspublication the more basic established datagather and compile forThe present work, issued in August, 1954, under jointfields of biological science.asNavy, and Atomic Energy Commissionsponsorship of the Air Force, Army,52-301, the second fascicleWright Air Development Center Technical Report isresulting from the project.Handbook ofDirection of the work was entrusted to the Committee ontheThethe American Institute of Biological Sciences ...
LBRITTON
STANDARD VALUES
NUTRITION and
METABOLISM
W, B.SAUNDERS COMPANY-^ r
fit
STANDARD VALUES
ifi
NUTRITION and METABOLISM
Being the second fascicle aof Handbook of
Biological Data
EDITED BY
ERRETT C. ALBRITTON, A.B., M.D.
Fry Professor Physiologyof
The George Washington University
e.rs
Prepared under the Direction of the Committee
on the Handbook of Biological Data
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
Philadelphia and London
W. B. SAUNDERS COMPANYSaunders CompanyCopyright, 1954, by W. B.
copyright unioncopyright under the international
No partreserved. hook is protected by copyright. ofAll rights This
manner without written permission fromit may be reproduced in any
any purpose the United States Government.the publisher, except for of
Slates America.Made in the United of
Number: 54-12407Library of Congress Catalog CardForeword
Sciences-National Research CouncilFive years ago the National Academy of
States Air Force, towith the Wright Air Development Center, Unitedcontracted
in the variouspublication the more basic established datagather and compile for
The present work, issued in August, 1954, under jointfields of biological science.
asNavy, and Atomic Energy Commissionsponsorship of the Air Force, Army,
52-301, the second fascicleWright Air Development Center Technical Report is
resulting from the project.
Handbook ofDirection of the work was entrusted to the Committee onthe
Thethe American Institute of Biological Sciences.Biological Data, an organ of
Council as a unit in the Council'sInstitute is affiliated with the National Research
the Committee is represent-Division of Biology and Agriculture. Membership of
ative of major fields in plant and animal biology.
Committeehighest degree authoritativeness for the work, theSeeking of
which table is drawn can best exerciserecognized that specialists in a field from a
select data for an authoritative table.the criticaljudgment necessary to evaluate and
acceptable methods of meas-The specialist can best identify those data born of most
reproducibilityurement and those having greatest likelihood, or actual history, of
selection andin competent hands. The Committee accordingly prescribed that in
nutrition,review data broadest collaboration be sought aunong investigators inof
metabolism, and related fields.
of more than 800 specialistsThis monograph is the product of contributions
originally compiled,in these fields in this country and abroad. Its 160 tables, as
By thiswere subjected to extensive review by experts in the respective subjects.
procedure it has been possible to strip from the tables most of the controversial or
final presentation to the user onlyquestionable or borderline material, leaving for
to judge. The 223what is presently accepted as fact by those who are competent
items authori-pages of tables and 16 pages of diagrams contain many thousands of of
Thetative data--mostly quantitative, but with important non-numerical exceptions.
task of and condensing data on hand to conform with time andculling the mass of
-that much that has beensoelimispace limitations has been gigantic. It is planned
Handbook of Biologicalnated will be published in subsequent fascicles or in the final
Data.
Acknowledgment ismade, on behalf of the Committee, to Wright Air Develop-
ment Center, Office the the Army, Office of Naval Research,of Surgeon General of
and Division Energy Commission, for the foresightof Biology and Medicine, Atomic
this tabular mono-and scientific judgment inherent in the commission to prepare
devotion of timiegraph; to the biologists of this and other countries whose generous
as contributors and reviewers hasmade possible completion of thework as it stands;
and to many given Committee solicited advice. Ac-others, unlisted, who have the
knowledgment Handbook Staff foris also made to present and formermembers of the
their loyalty and devotion to a most tedious and exacting job.
The first, Others in progress"Standard Values in Blood", was published in 1952.
bio-deal with the fields of growth and reproduction, animal and plant physiology,
Datachemical composition, and toxicology. An abridged Handbook of Biological
incontaining tabular information drawn from all areas of biological science is also
preparation.
HITHE COMMITTEE ON THE HANDBOOK
OF BIOLOGICAL DATA
Theodore C. Byerly, Chairman
ERRETT C. AlbrITTON, Executive Secretary
Dbtlbv Bronk*W. Charles M. Goss G. D. Meid*
BugherJohn C. William W. Greuuch Orr E. Reynolds
F. L. Campbell* Frank G. Hall William W. Rubey*
Harold Conn W. Heim Royal Shanks
J. J.
Wallace O. Fbnn Paul E. Howe Oswald Tippo
A. P. Gagge E. Morton Jellinek Paul A. Weiss
David R. Goddard F. Knoblauch Raymund L. ZwemerJ.
Milton LeeO.
• ex officio
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Errett C. Albritton, Editor
William S. Spector, Assistant Editor
Bernard Bridgers Sherman HallH. William O. Nbgherbon
Nellie F. Brown Marian V. Ham Edgar C. Rich
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