A treatise on food and dietetics : physiologically and therapeutically considered / [F.W. Pavy].

  • Pavy, F. W. (Frederick William), 1829-1911.
Date:
1874
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Credit: A treatise on food and dietetics : physiologically and therapeutically considered / [F.W. Pavy]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. In the Preface to the second edition of my work on ' Digestion, its Disorders, and their Treatment,' I mentioned that I had originally intended to add a section on Food to the contents of that volume, but that for the reasons given I afterwards determined to publish a separate treatise on the subject. Thus originated the present work, which, with the progress of time and a large consumption of midnight oil, has grown to dimensions far exceeding those I had at first contemplated. From the fact that the subject of Food is one of deep concern, both to the healthy and the sick ; that the information which has been obtained during the last few years has completely revolu- tionised some of the cardinal scientific notions formerly enter- tained ; and that no modern systematic treatise of the kind here presented exists in the English language, I have been encouraged to think that the task I have undertaken may not be deemed superfluous. Whatever the result attained, I have steadily striven, sparing no pains for the purpose, to render the work produced instructive and useful. On account of the change recently introduced in chemical notation, I have given both old and new formulae, placing the latter within square brackets after the former. 35, Grosvenor Street, Grosvenor Square ; March^ 1874.