Tropical hygiene for Anglo-Indians and Indians / by Sir Pardey Lukis and R.J. Blackham.

  • Lukis, Pardey (Charles Pardey), Sir, 1857-1917.
Date:
1914
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Credit: Tropical hygiene for Anglo-Indians and Indians / by Sir Pardey Lukis and R.J. Blackham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    small quantities of sugar, gums and allied bodies. The members of this group are chiefly valuable as flavouring agents, antiscorbutics, and natural stimulants to the action of the bowels. They have little or no nutritive value. Cabbage contains much sulphur and is apt to cause uncomfortable flatulence. Cauliflower is one of the most digestible of the cabbage tribe, and the flower contains nearly double the amount of protein food found in com- mon cabbage. Onions.—These vegetables are valuable as condiments. They contain a larger amount of phosphates than any other succulent vegetable, excepting asparagus and have a slight laxative action on the bowels. They are also said to be very valuable for persons with a rheumatic tendency. The succulent fruits have low nutritive value, but are rich in vegetable salts : they are antiscorbutics of incalculable value. Vegetables used in salads are valuable antiscor- butics. The salts are not lost by wasteful cookerv. The uncooked cellulose greatly stimulates intestinal action, but is apt to upset the digestion. Cholera, enteric, and other diseases may readily be conveyed by uncooked vegetables. For this reason only vegetables grown under personal supervision and carefully washed before use should be eaten. Both on account of their indigestibility, therefore, and the danger of contracting cholera or enteric fever, the writers are strongly of opinion that, in this country, Salads should be avoided. Watercress is often grown in sewage water, and may spread enteric fever and worms. Even when obtained from the best sources, it should be well soaked in strong salt and water and then well washed in boiled water before use.