Terrors of the table : the curious history of nutrition / Walter Gratzer.
Gratzer, W. B. (Walter Bruno), 1932-
2005
RA784 .G725 2005 (Mapit)
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Title Terrors of the table : the curious history of nutrition / Walter Gratzer.
Author Gratzer, W. B. (Walter Bruno), 1932-
ISBN 0192806610 (alk. paper)
Publication Details Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Language English
Description ix, 288 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Item Number 9780192806611
Call Number RA784 .G725 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification 613.209
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-269) and index.
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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.

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