How long does it take to read The Wisdom of the Body?
The Wisdom of the Body by Walter B. Cannon takes about 6 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1932. 333 pages, about 91,575 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 11 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 49 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This book includes information about the regulation of body fluids, thirst, hunger, temperature, oxygen supply, sugar, water, and body proteins. It also disusses the role of the sympathetic-adrenal mechanism.
Subjects: Physiology, Human body, Human physiology, Surgery, case studies, Homeostasis
