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Thorne M. (Thorne Martin) Carpenter
1878–1971
An early 20th-century physiologist whose books helped explain how the human body uses energy, he wrote clear, methodical studies that grew out of pioneering laboratory research.
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Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man
by Francis Gano Benedict, Thorne M. (Thorne Martin) Carpenter
About the author
Thorne Martin Carpenter was an American physiologist and research scientist best known for his work on human metabolism and respiratory exchange. He is closely associated with the Nutrition Laboratory in Boston, where he collaborated with Francis Gano Benedict on detailed studies of energy use in the human body.
His books include Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man, The Metabolism and Energy Transformations of Healthy Man During Rest, Food Ingestion and Energy Transformations, and A Comparison of Methods for Determining the Respiratory Exchange of Man. These works reflect a careful, data-driven approach and helped document the tools and measurements used in early metabolism research.
Although not widely known outside specialist history of science, Carpenter's writing remains valuable as a window into the development of modern nutritional physiology and laboratory measurement. He was born in 1878 and died in 1971.