A Treatise on Diet : With a View to Establish, on Practical Grounds, a System of Rules, for the Prevention and Cure of the Diseases Incident to a Diso (Paperback)

Introduction; Part I: 1. Introduction; 2. Anatomical view of the digestive organs; 3. Physiological history of digestion; 4. Relations of the digestive functions with our sensations; Part II: 1. The materia alimentaria; 2. An estimate of the nutritive and digestible qualities of several species of aliments; 3. Farinacious aliments; 4. Pulses; 5. On the periods best adapted for meals; 6. On the quantity of food; 7. Conduct to be pursued; 8. On the influence of different aliments; Part III: 1. Of indigestion; Conclusion; Illustrative cases.