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Excerpt from Essentials of Dietetics in Health and Disease: A Text-Book for Nurses and a Practical Dietary Guide for the HouseholdTO attain this knowledge it is necessary, especially for … More...

Excerpt from Essentials of Dietetics in Health and Disease: A Text-Book for Nurses and a Practical Dietary Guide for the HouseholdTO attain this knowledge it is necessary, especially for those Who have not had much practical experience along these lines, to know something Of the chemical composition Of the various foods, and Of the changes caused in them by the action Of heat, Of chemicals, Of digestive ferments, and SO on; to know also Of their various uses in the body, and Of the relative proportion Of food principles contained in the different foods. TO put in other words What is implied in What was said above, it is the Object Of the present work to give the most important facts relating to these subjects, and point to their practical application in a sufficiently concise form to allow Of their being thoroughly mastered in the Short course in dietetics included in the curricula Of schools Of nursing.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Amy Elizabeth Pope, Books, Food and Drink, Essentials of Dietetics in Health and Disease: A Text-Book for Nurses and a Practical Dietary Guide for the Household (Classic Rep Books>Food and Drink, FB&C Ltd<