| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-269) and index. |
| Contents |
The ravages of war -- The scurvy wars -- In the beginning -- Dawn of the scientific age: the road to the scaffold -- The savants' disputes -- The poor, the rich, the healthy, and the sick -- Cheats and poisoners -- Paradigm postponed: the tardy arrival of vitamins -- The quarry run to earth -- Fads and quacks -- The new millennium: profits and the higher quackery. |
| Summary |
Tells the story of our struggle to recognise the connections between diet, health, and disease. This book combines the science of nutrition with a history of the fads and quackery that waylay the unwary when it comes to matters of food and health. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Nutrition -- History.
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Nutrition. |
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History. |
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Diet in disease -- History.
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Diet in disease. |
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Nutrition Disorders -- history. |
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Nutrition. |
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Diet Therapy -- history. |
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Vitamins -- history. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- History.
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Biographies.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gratzer, W.B. (Walter Bruno), 1932- Terrors of the table. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 0192806610 (DLC) 2006272977 (OCoLC)60837725 |
| ISBN |
9780191513084 (electronic book) |
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0191513083 (electronic book) |
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0192806610 (Cloth) |
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9780192806611 |
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0199205639 |
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9780199205639 |
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