BASAL METABOLISM DETERMINATIONS IN GENERAL INTERNAL DIAGNOSIS

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Abstract
Basal metabolism determinations have been placed on a practical clinical basis by the Benedict1method. The general physiologic and clinical significance of fluctuations in the metabolic rate is now also well understood. The next step is for clinicians to work out the range and value of their clinical application in suitably selected cases in routine diagnostic work. This is really the "touchstone" of any diagnostic method. Unless its clinical value can be shown to be commensurate with the time, labor and equipment required, and in this instance these items are rather large, it cannot and should not endure. This paper is offered as an additional contribution to this end. It may fairly be said that the basal metabolism test rests on an established scientific basis. The main facts were quite fully understood for a quarter of a century before they became clinically applicable outside of institutional work. There is

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