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A treatise on food and diet: with observations on the dietetical regimen suited for disordered states of the digestive organs; and an account of the dietaries of some of the principal metropolitan and other establishments for paupers, lunatics, criminals, children, the sick, etc / [Jonathan Pereira].

  • Pereira, Jonathan, 1804-1853.
Date:
1843
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Credit: A treatise on food and diet: with observations on the dietetical regimen suited for disordered states of the digestive organs; and an account of the dietaries of some of the principal metropolitan and other establishments for paupers, lunatics, criminals, children, the sick, etc / [Jonathan Pereira]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. PDORARROABRANI ANS ; Pagé Preface ° ° . ° e s e 2 ». ° ° ° ° e ° e e e e lii—vi PART I.—OF FOODS. Distinction between the Chemical Elements of Food, Alimentary Eonemples, aud Compoynd Aliments =... “2 Se eee vd Cuap. 1.—OF THE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS OF FOODS. Number of Simple Bodies known—suspicions as to their real elementary character.—Chemical Elements of organized beings —cannot be formed in the living body—Prout’s idea that some of the so-called elements are formed by vital agents.—Chemical Elements of the food of man . eer at ge. noe tery Oneete 1, CarBon—its forms—quantity in foods—daily consumption of— amount of oxygen required to burn the carbon—carbonic acid and heat produced in the process. —Consumption of food augmented by cold—error of Liebig in ascribing the gluttony of certain nations to the coldness of climate exclusively—case of the Hottentots and the Bushmen—gluttony ascribed by the author in part to cerebral organization—case of the Germans, Spaniards, and French — deficiency of food attended with diminished evolution of heat.—Diseases of the liver induced by external heat—how—mode of artificially enlarging the liver of the goose—pdtes de foies gras—less food required in tropical climates ad hot seasons—why ...... . 6—21 2. Hyprocen. Relative quantity of hydrogen and oxygen in alimentary principles.—Hydrates of carbon—respiration of graminivorous animals.—Aliments with excess of hydrogen— oxidation of hydrogen during respiration—heat developed by the combustion of hydrogen. — Aliments with excess of COTO NACEOE ra Mn ES TMA he eo aes 4 . 21—25 3. OxyeEN. Constitutes three-fourths of the terraqueous globe— animal life inseparably connected with the influence of oxygen on the organism—vitak air the cause of death.—Relative quantity of oxygen in aliments.—Consumption of oxygen in respiration modified by the nature of the food — changes effected by the system on the vegetable alkaline salts, and