Foods / by Edward Smith.

  • Smith, Edward, 1818?-1874.
Date:
1880
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Foods / by Edward Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. KX Largely-increased commercial intercourse with dis- tant countries, associated with a marked improvement in the purchasing-power of the masses of the people, and the rapid increase of wealth generally, have attracted public attention to the subject of Foods and Dietaries in an unusual degree, so that not only is there a greater importation of foreign productions than for- merly, but new foods, or preparations of foods, are produced almost daily, some of which are specially fitted for certain classes of persons, as children, whilst others are of general use. Hence our food supplies, whether natural or prepared, offer increased variety of flavour, if not of nutritive qualities, and foods which were formerly restricted to the few are now commonly found on the tables of the many. Scientific research in every civilised nation has also diligently busied itself in the elucidation of the subject,