The Physiology of Taste; Or, Transcendental Gastronomy
Steve Harris, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
APHORISMS of the Professor to serve as Prolegomena to his work, and Eternal basis of the Science,
DIALOGUE, between the Author and his Friend,
Number of the Senses,
Action of the Senses,
Perfectness of the Senses,
Powers of the Taste,
Object of the Action of the Senses,
Definition of Taste,
Mechanism of Taste,
Sensation of Taste,
Flavors,
Brillat-Savarin
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THE PHYSIOLOGY OF TASTE;
TRANSLATED FROM THE LAST PARIS EDITION BY FAYETTE ROBINSON.
CONTENTS.
MEDITATION I. THE SENSES,
MEDITATION II. TASTE,
MEDITATION III. GASTRONOMY,
MEDITATION IV. APPETITE,
MEDITATION VII. THEORY OF FRYING,
MEDITATION VIII. ON THIRST,
MEDITATION IX. ON DRINKS,
MEDITATION XII. GOURMANDS,
MEDITATION XIII. GASTRONOMICAL TESTS,
MEDITATION XV. HALTES DE CHASSE,
MEDITATION XVI. ON DIGESTION,
MEDITATION XVII. REPOSE,
MEDITATION XVIII. SLEEP,
MEDITATION XIX. DREAMS,
MEDITATION XX. INFLUENCE OF DIET ON REST, SLEEP AND DREAMS,
MEDITATION XXI. OBESITY,
MEDITATION XXII. PRESERVATIVE TREATMENT AND CURE OF OBESITY,
MEDITATION XXIII. THINNESS,
MEDITATION XXIV. FASTING,
MEDITATION XXV. EXHAUSTION,
MEDITATION XXVIII. RESTAURATEURS,
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
BIOGRAPHY
PHYSIOLOGY OF TASTE.