British and Foreign Medical Review: Or Quarterly Journal of Practical Medicine and Surgery, Volume 171844 - Medicine |
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... doubt that , under ordinary circumstances , they are mainly if not altogether derived from the ingesta . Dr. Pereira has done a good service in making the chemical elements of food a distinct consideration in dietetics , and in future ...
... doubt that , under ordinary circumstances , they are mainly if not altogether derived from the ingesta . Dr. Pereira has done a good service in making the chemical elements of food a distinct consideration in dietetics , and in future ...
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... doubt the rationale of its operation , adopted from Liebig ; or that it serves to warm the system , when this is exposed to undue causes of de- pression of temperature ; or to excite the organic functions , when they have become ...
... doubt the rationale of its operation , adopted from Liebig ; or that it serves to warm the system , when this is exposed to undue causes of de- pression of temperature ; or to excite the organic functions , when they have become ...
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... castes of Hindoos , -by religious ordinances ; and these articles of ordinary diet with us are , no doubt , from education and long prejudice , by them disliked . Several 16 [ Jan. PEREIRA , DAVIDSON , TRUMAN on Diet .
... castes of Hindoos , -by religious ordinances ; and these articles of ordinary diet with us are , no doubt , from education and long prejudice , by them disliked . Several 16 [ Jan. PEREIRA , DAVIDSON , TRUMAN on Diet .
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... doubt , that this is one amongst many causes of physical imperfection in large communi- ties , too much disregarded both by the profession and the public . Ex- cepting alcohol , which might probably be omitted altogether , water is the ...
... doubt , that this is one amongst many causes of physical imperfection in large communi- ties , too much disregarded both by the profession and the public . Ex- cepting alcohol , which might probably be omitted altogether , water is the ...
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... doubt the commercial value of wheat , for instance , may be measured by the quantity of gluten entering into its composition , it by no means follows that if employed alone as food , its nutritive value could be measured by the same ...
... doubt the commercial value of wheat , for instance , may be measured by the quantity of gluten entering into its composition , it by no means follows that if employed alone as food , its nutritive value could be measured by the same ...
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