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The unprejudiced reader will cordially endorse the appreciation of Sir John Orr, the director of the Rowett Institute for Research in Animal Nutrition, Aberdeen, when he says in the foreword of this book that the practitioner will find in it not only precise and detailed guidance for dietetic treatment, but also a scientific and lucid account of the recently acquired knowledge on nutrition on which such treatment is based. The book, which is based on courses of lectures on the physiology of nutrition and the practice of dietetics given for several years to students in the University of Aberdeen, is divided into five parts. The first consists of a general survey of the nation's diet, past and present, with special reference to the diet at various levels of income, and the experimental, clinical and sociological data on the relation of diet to health and fitness. The second part contains a clinically complete account of the physiology of nutrition. Much of the material in this section (particularly on the vitamins) is based on very recent experimental and clinical studies. The third part is devoted to diet in health, including problems of diet in childhood, pregnancy, lactation, training and war-time. In the fourth part the dietetic treatment of established diseases is discussed. The fifth part consists of tables, recipes and diet sheets, the last of which have been constructed by Miss Mary E. Thomson, sister-dietitian to the Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen.
A Textbook of Dietetics
By Dr. L. S. P. Davidson Ian A. Anderson; with Diet Sheets constructed by Miss Mary E. Thomson. Pp. xviii + 324. (London: Hamish Hamilton Medical Books, 1940.) 10s. 6d. net.
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A Textbook of Dietetics. Nature 147, 312 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147312b0
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