From an advertising brochure. Undated but likely from the late 1920’s.
Category Archives: Basal metabolism
Spirometer, Tissot, 1927
A Tissot spirometer being used for basal metabolism. From La Presse Medical, 1927, no. 76, page 1146.
Jones Metabolimeter, 1920
From “A simple device for measuring basal metabolism. A preliminary report. ” by Horry M. Jones, JAMA, Volume 75, No. 8, August 21, 1920, page 538.
Measuring gas exchange, 1911
Using a Chauveau valve, the subject’s exhaled volume is measured by a gas meter and analyzed for CO2 and O2 chemically. Found in “The Human Motor, Or, The Scientific Foundations of Labour and Industry” by Jules Amar, Elsie Mary Butterworth, George E. Wright, published by G. Routledge & sons, Limited, 1920, page 145, but was ascribed to Jules Amar, Journal de Physiologie, March 1911, page 212.
Douglas Bag, Basal Metabolism, Sheep, 1964
From “The Energy Exchange of Ruminants” a PhD thesis paper by John Patrick Joyce for the University of Glasgow, 1964, page 28.
“Photograph of outdoor experimental site demonstrating the collection of sheep by when wearing a face mask.”
“A large pit 9 ft x 4 ft x 1 ft 6 inches was dug just in front of the skeleton framework and was lined with wood. This pit acted as a guard for two large Douglas bags when they were being filled by the animal and prevented them from blowing away. Placing the Douglas bags below ground level also ensured they did not act as a wind shelter for sheep, especially when the bags were filled with exhaled air.”
Douglas Bag, Basal Metabolism, 2001
From Kinanthropometry and Exercise Physiology Laboratory Manual: Volume 2: Exercise Physiology: Tests, Procedures and Data, by Roger Eston, Psychology Press, 2001, page 141.
Douglas Bag, Oxygen Consumption, 2007
A Douglas Bag is used to collect exhaled air in order to measure oxygen consumption. From “Indirect Calorimetry: A Practical Guide for Clinicians”, Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 2007, 22(4): 277-388.
Spirometer, Benedict Collins, Arthur Thomas Co. Advertisement, 1922
From Science, Volume 55, No. 1431, June 22nd, 1922, page vi.
McKesson Metabolor, 1922, Advertisement
Found in Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Volume 35, December 1922, page 32.
Columbus Instruments Oxymax-H Portable Metabolic Computer, 1991
From Respiratory Care, 1991, Volume 36, No. 4, Page 327.