Experiments on salt deficiency in man

Date:
1934-1937
Reference:
GC/97/B.1
Part of:
McCance, Robert Alexander (1898-1993), and Widdowson, Elsie May (1908-2000)
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Description

McCance conducted experiments on himself, colleagues and medical students, involving not only a salt-free diet, but exposure to a hot air bath to sweat the salt out of the body.

Publication/Creation

1934-1937

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