Food values : practical tables for use in private practice and public institutions / by Edwin A. Locke.

  • Locke, Edwin Allen, 1874-
Date:
1911
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Food values : practical tables for use in private practice and public institutions / by Edwin A. Locke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No original chemical analyses have been made by the author but all calculations are based on actual weighings. It is not a treatise on dietetics and no attempt has been made to give special diets for particular diseases or con- ditions. In the following pages, however, some of the principles of dietetics which apply especially to the use of the tables are briefly discussed. Our knowledge of the relative digestibility of different foods is so incom- plete that no discussion of the subject is given. It has been impossible to give credit in all cases to the authors consulted. Information has been drawn largely from the numerous reports of investigations made under the direction of the United States Department of Agri- culture, especially those of Atwater, Bryant, Lang- worthy, Grindley, Wood and Milner. Grateful acknowledgment is made of the valuable advice and assistance given by Drs. H. F. Hewes and David L. Edsall in the preparation of these tables.