On the Source of Muscular Power: Arguments and Conclusions Drawn From Observations Upon the Human Subjects, Under Rest of Rest and of Muscular Exercise (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover
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Discover the science behind what truly powers our muscles.
This classic examination questions whether food is the direct source of muscular force or if the body’s own tissues and processes play a bigger role. It distills intricate physiology into a focused discussion on how energy is transformed inside the living body.
This edition presents the author’s observations on rest and muscular exercise, weighing experiments against prevailing theories. It highlights how historical debates about matter, force, and nutrition shaped early physiological thinking, and it shows the careful reasoning researchers used to separate food’s heat-producing effects from the body’s internal work.- Clear analysis of the debate between materialist physiology and living-force concepts.
- Discussion of how experiments were designed to test the source of muscular power.
- Examples comparing nitrogen, heat, and work in human subjects under rest and exercise.
- Critiques of how data were interpreted and how conclusions were drawn.
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