Dietetics or Food in Health and Disease
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The author in adding yet another to the numerous books on dietetics has set himself no light task. He has had to compete in a field that has already been well supplied with works of great merit. We may say at once that in our opinion he has placed himself and his book in the very forefront. The author lays great stress and attaches great importance to the treatment of disease from a dietetic standpoint : in this we are in full accord with him. We certainly consider that it is a subject that requires a good deal more accentuation in the students' curriculum that it
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