Remarks on diet in the treatment of the sick and convalescent according to the method of reason and common sense / by W.W.V.

  • Valk, W. W.
Date:
1843
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    The term Diet, in the ordinary acceptation of the word, is applied to the various substances which we take into the stomach, for the purpose of supplying materials for the formation of blood, and the nourishment of the body. The immediate connection of this subject, with the com- fort and health of every person, and the interest which it excites amongst people of every grade of knowledge, can- not be a matter of surprise, when we consider its impor- tance, either as regards the preservation of bodily or intellectual integrity. A very large number of the diseases to which we are subject, arise from errors in Diet; therefore, attention to our food is not only of great consequence in a sound state of body, but is likewise essentially necessary in the cure of every disorder to which the human frame is liable ; indeed many of these can be cured by an appropriate Diet alone. Dr. Arbuthnot, who wrote on this subject about a century ago, very justly observes, that what we take daily by pounds, must be at least as important as what we take seldom, and only by grains or teaspoons full. That Diet exercises a powerful influence in modifying the animal