The dietetic value of bread / by John Goodfellow.

  • Goodfellow, John.
Date:
1892
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The dietetic value of bread / by John Goodfellow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    CONTENTS SECTION I FOOD, DIET, AND DIGESTION CHAPTEE I INTRODUCTORY PAGE Aim and scope of work—Importance of bread in the dietary of children ......... 1 CHAPTEE II THE WASTE AND WORK OF THE BODY Excretions of body—Channel of loss—Amount of waste— Analysis of sweat — Urine — Nature of metabolism — Energy of body .6 CHAPTEE III FOOD AND ITS DUTIES Essential nature of food—Oxidation of food—Liberation of energy—Formation and renewal of tissues—Nourishment of embryo—Formation of milk—Functions of food—De- finition of the term “ food ” .... 13