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Basal Metabolism in Mental Disorders, especially Dementia Prócox, and the Influence of the Diathermic Current on the Same

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

James Walker*
Affiliation:
Laboratories of the Cardiff City Mental Hospital

Extract

Metabolism means the chemical changes of materials under the influence of living cells, and basal metabolism as the rate of energy exchange during rest when only the essential vital processes of the body are at work.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1924 

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