Benedict, Francis Gano

1870 – 1957

• Human vitality and efficiency under prolonged restricted diet
• A bicycle ergometer with an electric brake
• A comparative study of temperature fluctuations in different parts of the human body
• A study of metabolism in severe diabetes
• A study of prolonged fasting
• A study of prolonged fasting
• Chemical lecture experiments
• Elementary organic analysis
• Energy transformations during horizontal walking
• Experiments on the metabolism of matter and energy in the human body, 1903-1904
• Food ingestion and energy transformations
• Food ingestion and energy transformations, with special reference to the stimulating effect of nutrients