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Terrors of the table : the curious history of nutrition

Title
Terrors of the table : the curious history of nutrition / Walter Gratzer.
Author
Gratzer, W. B. (Walter Bruno), 1932-2021.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
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Description
ix, 288 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Nutrition Disorders > history
  • Nutrition Physiology
  • Diet Therapy > history
  • Vitamins > history
  • Nutrition > History
  • Diet in disease > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.
Call Number
JSE 07-733
ISBN
  • 0192806610 (alk. paper)
  • 9780192806611 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2006272977
OCLC
60837725
Author
Gratzer, W. B. (Walter Bruno), 1932-2021.
Title
Terrors of the table : the curious history of nutrition / Walter Gratzer.
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-269) and index.
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