An edition of Biochemistry and human metabolism
(1952)
Biochemistry and Human Metabolism
First Edition
by Burnham Sarle Walker, William C. Boyd, and Isaac Asimov
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This is a medical text-book, designed for college students. It was written by three professors at the Boston University School of Medicine. They also taught its subject in their classes, they updated, and corrected errors for three editions of the book. The first edition was published in 1952, the 'Second Edition' was published in 1954, and the final "Third Edition" was published in 1957. This is also Isaac Asimov's first published non-fiction book. Isaac Asimov mentions the book, and his seven years working on it, in the first two volumes of his autobiography. It originally cost $9.
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Table of Contents
Foreword by John T. Edsall. iii
Preface. v
Part I. Structure.
Chapter 1. Proteins and Amino Acids. 3
Chapter 2. Protein Structure. 47
Chapter 3. Tissue Chemistry. 89
Chapter 4. Blood and the Anemias. 164
Part II. Growth.
Chapter 5. Enzymes. 193
Chapter 6. Hormones. 254
Part III. Growth.
Chapter 7. Nucleoproteins and Growth. 301
Chapter 8. Cancer. 336
Chapter 9. Reproduction and Heredity. 360
Part IV.
Chapter 10. Food and Diet. 403
Chapter 11. Digestion. 438
Chapter 12. Carbohydrates and Diabetes. 474
Chapter 13. Lipid Metabolism and Ketosis. 517
Chapter 14. Proteins and Starvation. 532
Chapter 15. Electrolytes and Water: Edema and Shock. 562
Chapter 16. Respiration and Acidosis. 609
Chapter 17. Heat and Work. 632
Chapter 18. Excretion and Some of Its Disturbances. 649
Part V. Pathology.
Chapter 19. Vitainins and Vitamin Deficiency Diseases. 681
Chapter 20. Infection. 723
Part VI. Appendicies.
Chapter I. Colloids and Colloid Phenomena. 749
Chapter II. Isotopes. 756
Chapter III. Principles of Thermodynamics. 773
Chapter IV. Acids and Bases. 780
Abbreviations and Symbols. 785
Index. 787
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