The philosophy of eating / by Albert J. Bellows.

  • Bellows, Albert J. (Albert Jones), 1804-1869.
Date:
1867
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The philosophy of eating / by Albert J. Bellows. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    PREFACE. We have excellent practical treatises on Agri- culture and Horticulture, and every intelligent farmer or gardener may learn what element is deficient, in order successfully to cultivate his grapes, his vegetables, or his grains; and having also chemical analyses of these fruits and grains, and of the materials from which to obtain his deficient elements, he has the means of adapt- ing his soil to all desirable productions. We have also treatises on raising horses, cattle, hens, pigs, fishes, and even bees and canary birds, but not a single practical trea- tise on raising children. We know perfectly well that our horses will not, without care in regard to their food and training, be developed in beauty, strength, or docility. Our cows must be cared for, or they furnish little milk. Our hens must have appropriate food, or they fur- nish no eggs. Our bees must have their proper conditions of life and health complied with, or