I. "Food and Dietetics"

By Robert Hutchison, M.D.

Edward Arnold.

This is by far and away the best book on diet published in this or, at any rate, any English-speaking country. It is full without being encyclopsedic, and scientific without being so technical that the lay reader cannot understand it. There is hardly any aspect of the subject which does not receive attention, and in addition the book is eminently practical.

Other books of a similar character and about the same size dealing with the whole subject, but placing more emphasis on different aspects, are :

Diet and Dietetics. Translated from the French of A. Gautier.

Constable. Dietotherapy and Food in Health. Davies. Rebman. Practical Dietetics. W. Gilman Thompson.

II. "Modern Theories of Diet"

By Alexander Bryce, M.D.

Edward Arnold.

It is difficult to estimate the value of one's own production, but in this book I deal with practically all the important systems of diet which are entitled to serious consideration, and some which my readers may think might safely be ignored. It is the only book of moderate compass in which both facts and theories are placed in array so that they may be contrasted for practical purposes. The first two chapters should be passed over on the first reading by all but advanced students.

For special treatment of the theories, see :

(1) A Fleshless Diet. Buttner. F. A. Stokes & Co.

(2) The Nutrition of Man. Russell H. Chittenden. Heinemann.

(3) Uric Acid in the Causation of Disease. Alexander Haig, M.D. Churchill.

(4) The Food Factor in Disease. Francis Hare, M.D. Longmans, Green & Co.

(5) Le R61 du Sel en Pathologie et en Therapie. Achard.

(6) Natural Hygiene. Lahmann. Sonnenschein.

(7) The A.B. - Z of our own Nutrition. Horace Fletcher. B. F. Stevens & Brown.

(8) Intestinal Auto-intoxication. A. Combe. Rebman.

(9) The Prolongation of Life. E. Metchnikoff.

(10) No-Breakfast Plan and the Fasting Cure. Dr. E. H. Dewey. Fowler.

(11) Sun-cooked Foods. Eugene Christian.

(12) The Penny Guide to Fruitarian Diet and Cookery. J. Oldfield, M.D.

(13) The Herald of Health. C. L. A. Wallace. June 1903.

(14) Inanition and Fattening Cures. C. von Noorden. Rebman.

(15) Fasting, Vitality, and Nutrition. H Carrington. Rebman.

(16) Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine. Gould and Pyle. W. B. Saunders & Co.

III. "The Laws of Life and Health"

Alexander Bryce, M.D. Melrose. (Popular edition.)

As eating and drinking are amongst the fundamental laws of health, and as it is of vital importance to know the relative value of each law of health, a careful study of this book is strongly recommended.