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The physiology of digestion considered with relation to the principles of dietetics

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The physiology of digestion considered with relation to the principles of dietetics

Andrew Combe

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Hunger and thirst get their own chapter before a single meal is discussed: Andrew Combe follows food through mastication, the stomach, and the laws of nutrition with a physician's patience. The physiology of digestion applied to everyday dietetics for ordinary readers. How eating actually works, as the 1830s best understood it. Digest the original explanation.

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  1. 1THE PHYSIOLOGY OF DIGESTION CONSIDERED WITH RELATION TO THE PRINCIPLES OF DIETETICS.
  2. 2CONTENTS
  3. 3WOOD-CUTS.
  4. 4PREFACE.
  5. 5CHAPTER I. GENERAL VIEW OF THE OBJECTS AND LAWS OF NUTRITION.
  6. 6CHAPTER II. THE APPETITES OF HUNGER AND THIRST.
  7. 7CHAPTER III. MASTICATION, INSALIVATION, AND DEGLUTITION.
  8. 8CHAPTER IV. ORGANS OF DIGESTION—THE STOMACH—THE GASTRIC JUICE.
  9. 9CHAPTER V. THEORY AND LAWS OF DIGESTION.
  10. 10CHAPTER IV. CHYLIFICATION, AND THE ORGANS CONCERNED IN IT.
  11. 11PART II. THE PRINCIPLES OF DIETETICS VIEWED IN RELATION TO THE LAWS OF DIGESTION.
  12. 12CHAPTER I. TIMES OF EATING.
  13. 13CHAPTER II. ON THE PROPER QUANTITY OF FOOD.
  14. 14CHAPTER III. OF THE KINDS OF FOOD.
  15. 15CHAPTER IV. CONDITIONS TO BE OBSERVED BEFORE AND AFTER EATING.
  16. 16CHAPTER V. ON DRINKS.
  17. 17CHAPTER VI. ON THE PROPER REGULATION OF THE BOWELS.
  18. 18INDEX.

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