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Brozek, Josef was born on August 14, 1913 in Melnik, Bohemia. Son of Josef Francis and Filomena (Sourek) Brozek. came to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1945.
(An inclusive critical treatise on human starvation and un...)
An inclusive critical treatise on human starvation and undernutrition, influenced by the aftermath of World War II. The history of starvation, the Carnegie nutrition laboratory experiment, and the Minnesota Experiment, the morphology, the biochemistry, and the physiology of starvation and malnutrition are featured in volume I, while volume II deals with the Psychology and special problems of starvation and undernutrition.
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( The Biology of Human Starvation was first published in ...)
The Biology of Human Starvation was first published in 1950. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. With great areas of the world battling the persistent and basic problem of hunger, this work constitutes a major contribution to needed scientific knowledge. The publication is a definitive treatise on the morphology, biochemistry, physcology, psychology, and medical aspects of calorie undernutrition, cachexia, starvation, and rehabilitation in man. Presented critically and systematically are the fact and theory from the world literature, including the evidence from World War II and the finding of the Minnesota Starvation Experiment (1944*1946). Pertinent experiments and field and clinical observations to 1949 are covered. The extensive original research involved was conducted at the University of Minnesota Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene, which Dr. Keys heads. The authors, all of the laboratory staff, were assisted in preparation of the work by Ernst Simonson, Samuel Wells and Angie Sturgeon Skinner.
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( The Biology of Human Starvation was first published in ...)
The Biology of Human Starvation was first published in 1950. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.With great areas of the world battling the persistent and basic problem of hunger, this work constitutes a major contribution to needed scientific knowledge. The publication is a definitive treatise on the morphology, biochemistry, physcology, psychology, and medical aspects of calorie undernutrition, cachexia, starvation, and rehabilitation in man. Presented critically and systematically are the fact and theory from the world literature, including the evidence from World War II and the finding of the Minnesota Starvation Experiment (1944*1946). Pertinent experiments and field and clinical observations to 1949 are covered. The extensive original research involved was conducted at the University of Minnesota Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene, which Dr. Keys heads. The authors, all of the laboratory staff, were assisted in preparation of the work by Ernst Simonson, Samuel Wells and Angie Sturgeon Skinner.
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Brozek, Josef was born on August 14, 1913 in Melnik, Bohemia. Son of Josef Francis and Filomena (Sourek) Brozek. came to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1945.
Doctor of Philosophy, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1937.
Assistant department philosophy, Charles U., 1936-1937;
psychotechnologist, Bata Shoe Company, Zlin, Czechoslovakia., 1937-1939;
junior psychologist laboratory physiological hygiene, School Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1941-1943;
associate scientist, School Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1943-1944;
assistant professor, School Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1944-1949;
associate professor, School Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1949-1956;
professor, School Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1956-1959;
professor psychology, department chairman, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1959-1963;
research professor, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1963-1979;
Adjunct Professor psychology, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1982-1984;
resident coordinator, United Nations University World Hunger Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980-1981. Visiting professor U. Passau, Federal Republic of Germany, 1986, 87. Board directors Archives of the History American Psychology U. Akron, since 1971.
Director Summer Institute History Psychology, U. N.H., 1968, Lehigh University, 1971. Member nutrition study section National Institutes of Health, 1963-1967, member malnutrition study section, 1968-1973. Adviser nutrition World Health Organization, 1964-1968, 73.
Member United States Malnutrition Panel, United States-Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program, 1973-1978. Member commission on nutrition, brain development and behavior Food and Nutrition Board, National Research Council, 1974-1979, chairman, 1980.
(An inclusive critical treatise on human starvation and un...)
( The Biology of Human Starvation was first published in ...)
( The Biology of Human Starvation was first published in ...)
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Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association, History of Science Society, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Psychologie, International Society for History of Human Sciences, European Society for History Behavioral and Social Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Eunice Magnuson, March 23, 1945. Children: Josef, Margaret, Peter.