Fairfax T. Proudfit

PREFACE TO SECOND REVISED EDITION

PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION

CONTENTS

SECTION I FOOD AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE

CHAPTER I FOOD

CHAPTER II THE FUEL VALUE OF FOOD

CHAPTER III THE FOOD REQUIREMENTS OF THE BODY

SECTION II LABORATORY OR DIET KITCHEN WORK

CHAPTER IV METHODS OF FEEDING IN NORMAL AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS

CHAPTER V FOOD MATERIALS AND THEIR PREPARATION

CHAPTER VI INFANT FOODS AND FORMULAS USED IN ABNORMAL CONDITIONS Formulas Used In Feeding Infants Whey

SECTION III THE HUMAN MACHINE

CHAPTER VII THE HUMAN BODY

SECTION IV DIETO-THERAPY

CHAPTER VIII PREGNANCY AND LACTATION

CHAPTER IX INFANT FEEDING

CHAPTER X CARE AND FEEDING OF INFANTS AND CHILDREN IN ABNORMAL CONDITIONS AND IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES

CHAPTER XI THE FEEDING OF ADULTS IN DISEASES OF THE GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT ACUTE AND CHRONIC GASTRITIS

CHAPTER XII DISEASES OF THE INTESTINAL TRACT ACUTE AND CHRONIC

CHAPTER XIII FEVERS IN GENERAL

CHAPTER XIV TYPHOID FEVER

CHAPTER XV DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT TUBERCULOSIS, PNEUMONIA, AND TONSILLITIS TUBERCULOSIS

CHAPTER XVI DIETETIC TREATMENT BEFORE AND AFTER OPERATION PREOPERATIVE FEEDING

CHAPTER XVII URINALYSIS

CHAPTER XVIII ACUTE AND CHRONIC NEPHRITIS

CHAPTER XIX DISEASES OF THE HEART

CHAPTER XX DIABETES MELLITUS

CHAPTER XXI DISEASES OF THE LIVER

CHAPTER XXII GOUT, OBESITY, EMACIATION

CHAPTER XXIII OTHER CONDITIONS MORE OR LESS AFFECTED BY DIET

APPENDIX TABLE I [165] Edible Organic Nutrients and Fuel Values of Foods [166]

TABLE II [167] Ash Constituents of Foods in Percentage of the Edible Portion

TABLE III Showing 100-Calorie Portions of Some Common

TABLE IV Composition and Fuel Value of Most of the Foods Used in the Invalid Dietary

TABLE V [177] Vitamines in Foods Foodstuff "A" "B" "C" Meats:

ADDENDA TO INDEX

INDEX

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THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
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DIETETICS FOR
NURSES

BY

FAIRFAX T. PROUDFIT

INSTRUCTOR AND CLINICAL DIETITIAN, MEMPHIS GENERAL
HOSPITAL, AND ST. JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL, CONSULTING
DIETITIAN, MEMPHIS ASSOCIATED CHARITIES, AND
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING ASSOCIATION,
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

SECOND EDITION
Completely Revised

NEW YORK
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1923

All rights reserved

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Copyright, 1918 and 1922,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

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Set up and electrotyped. Published November, 1918
Second Edition completely revised and reset
Published, July, 1922

Press of
J. J. Little & Ives Company
New York, U. S. A.

Dedicated
to the
Great Army of Nurses
in the Service