Practical Dietetics, with Special Reference to Diet in Diseases.

The wide relations of dietetics impose an enormous task on the author who attempts to present the subject in all its relations in an up-to-date manner. The rapid advance of knowledge in all directions renders frequent revision of such a work necessary. Dr. Thompson's work aims to present a practical exposition of the dietetic treatment of all diseases which can be specially influenced by food. To do this and to meet the needs of the general practitioner growing out of the advance of dietetic science, the entire work has been rewritten and considerable additions made. That the result is an eminently practical and useful work is evident. The great value of the scientific data is admitted, but these facts need to be supplemented and interpreted by clinical experience. Calorimetric calculations and metabolism experiments are very interesting, but their application to the individual, and especially to the patient, is not always