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General impressions of metabolism Interest in Great Britain.
I was extremely disappointed by the generally very low interest
in metabolism in Great Britain. There were practically no high
spots that stood out as especially stimulating or of value. Indeed
I have several times remarked that I doubt very much if it is worth
while visiting again the laboratories of Great Britain. Why England
has always been so negligent of metabolism measurements I do not know.
I remember A. V. Hill and one or two others who said that they
felt metabolism measurements should be left to American laboratories,
but even in the hospitals practically no use is made of the basal
metabolism measurement. It is surprising when one realizes what a
tremendous, perhaps too great use is made of it in American and
German hospitals.