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Terrors of the table: the curious history of nutrition

W. B. Gratzer
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  • Contents

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  • Frontmatter
  • Picture acknowledgements (page vi)
  • Introduction (page vii)
  • I The Ravages of War (page 1)
  • 2 The Scurvy Wars (page 16)
  • 3 In the Beginning (page 36)
  • 4 Dawn of the Scientific Age: the Road to the Scaffold (page 48)
  • 5 The Savants' Disputes (page 69)
  • 6 The Poor, the Rich, the Healthy, and the Sick (page 100)
  • 7 Cheats and Poisoners (page 118)
  • 8 Paradigm Postponed: the Tardy Arrival of Vitamins (page 135)
  • 9 The Quarry Run to Earth (page 162)
  • I0 Fads and Quacks (page 188)
  • II The New Millenium: Profits and the Higher Quackery (page 211)
  • Appendix The Hard Science (page 248)
  • Further Reading and References (page 260)
  • Index (page 270)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
WQ 29.4 (Autumn 2005): 120-121 http://www.jstor.org/stable/40261502
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Published: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780192806611 (hardcover)
  • 9780199205639 (paper)
  • 9780191578625 (ebook)
Subject
  • Comparative/World
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