CONTENTS

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Introduction[ix]
Postintroductory[xxvii]
THE A. B.-Z. PRIMER
Explanation[3]
Some Pertinent Questions[4]
A.—The Psychology of Nutrition[6]
B.—The Mechanical and Chemical Physiology ofNutrition[8]
Method[9]
Z.—The True Chemical End-Point of Digestion[10]
A. B.-Z. Figure[12]
Preface to 1906 Edition[13]
HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORTINGEVIDENCE
Summary of the Foregoing Pages by an Experimenterof One Month’s Experience[19]
First Scientific Recognition of the Principles ofEconomic Nutrition Outlined in “Glutton orEpicure.” H. F.[26]
Was Luigi Cornaro Right? by Ernest Van Someren[27]
The Cambridge Tests. H. F.[47]
Experiments upon Human Nutrition, by Sir MichaelFoster, K. C. B., M. P., F. R. S.[48]
Report of a Plan for the Institution of an InternationalInquiry into the Subject of Human Nutrition. H. F.[53]
Proposal to Found an International Laboratory ofResearch for the Study of Nutrition in all Its Aspects. Recommended by the following[55]
Professors of Physiology, etc.:
Sir Michael Foster, Cambridge, England.
Angelo Mosso, Turin, Italy.
Hugo Kronecker, Bern, Switzerland.
N. Zuntz, Berlin, Germany.
Paul Heger, Brussels, Belgium.
A. Dastre, Paris, France.
Henry P. Bowditch, Harvard Medical School.
Russell H. Chittenden, Yale University.
William H. Welch, Johns Hopkins University.
J. P. Pawlow, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Nationality and Scientific Titles of the above Boardof Scientific Assessors[68]
Persistent Scientific Doubts. H. F.[69]
Physiological Economy in Nutrition, by ProfessorRussell H. Chittenden[72]
Introduction to Dr. Harry Campbell’s Contributionon the Importance of Mastication. H. F.[92]
Observations on Mastication, by Harry Campbell,M. D., F. R. C. P.[96]
Introduction to Professor Pawlow’s Demonstrationsof Psychic Influence in Digestion. H. F.[180]
Selected Lectures by Professor J. P. Pawlow (Dr.W. H. Thompson’s translation)[182]
Lecture IV.: General Scheme of an InnervationMechanism—The Work of the Nervous Apparatusof the Salivary Glands—Appetite, the Firstand Most Potent Exciter of the Gastric Secretion[182]
Lecture V.: Period of Occurrence and Importanceof the Psychic or Appetite Juice in the SecretoryWork of the Stomach—The Inefficiency ofMechanical Stimulation of the Nervous Apparatusof the Gastric Glands[212]
Lecture VIII.: Physiological Action and the Teachingof Instinct: Experiences of the Physician[247]
Introduction to Dr. Cannon’s Papers on Movementsin the Alimentary Canal studied by Meansof the Röntgen Rays. H. F.[284]
Swallowing and Movements of the Stomach andIntestines, by W. B. Cannon, M.D.[285]
The Movements of the Food in the Œsophagus,by W. B. Cannon and A. Moser[285]
The Movements of the Stomach, by W. B. Cannon[301]
The Movements of the Intestines, by W. B. Cannon[342]
The Battle Creek Laboratories. H. F.[389]
Experimental Investigation of the Influence ofMastication and Cooking of Food, etc., in theLaboratories of the Battle Creek, Michigan, Sanitarium,under the direction of Dr. J. H. Kellogg[391]
Dr. Edward Hooker Dewey and the “No BreakfastPlan.” H. F.[396]
Professor Jaffa and the Fruitarians. H. F.[397]
Dr. H. P. Armsby. H. F.[397]
Explanation of the A. B. C. Series. H. F.[399]
Index[409]

INTRODUCTION

Introduction
DO WE EAT TOO MUCH?

(A propos of the Scientific-Military Experiments at Yale University)

Do we eat too much?

Nine out of every ten physicians tell us “Yes,” and tell us true!

How much too much?