Word: food
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...body cannot perform work for a long continued period without food of some sort to replace the loss of substance, in membranes, tissues, etc. And as the body is at all times wasting and weakening, the matter of food supply becomes imperative. Furthermore to be assimilated into the body, the food has to undergo a great chemical change. The observation of the manner in which this change is brought about, has been, of necessity, a matter of much uncertainty, although at present we are pretty well informed as to this change...
...substances used as food must contain elements of which the body is composed in such combination as to be digested easily. These foodstuffs occur in most cases mixed together with other substances more or less digestible, which may be divided into five classes: Inorganic Substances; Carbohydrates; Fats and Oils; Albuminoids; and finally Proteids. Of these foodstuffs the only absolutely essential are the Inorganic Salts and Proteids. As to the way in which these classes serve to keep the body nourished, little is known. The body seems to be the seat of a gradual grand combustion, taking place throughout its whole...
...rather hurriedly the digestive organs, to enable him to speak of the ancient ideas of digestion. Starting with the idea of its being a sort of putrefaction, ideas progressed through various stages until, by ingenious experiments, it was found that the object of the stomach was to dissolve the food. In the next lecture Dr. Pfeiffer proposes to treat of the processes of digestive fermentation...
When the Training Association was organized early last spring, it appeared to be eminently praticeable. For years the boarding house keepers had been charging exorbitant prices for food furnished to the athletic teams, who were practically helpless in the matter. The originators of the new plan proposed to turn all this middle-man's profit over to the teams. A house was to be rented, a suitable steward and cook engaged, and preparations completed for boarding all the 'varsity, and some of the class teams. All the large athletic associations, with the exception of the foot ball, entered the organization...
...explanation for the failure of the plan is due, in great part, the managers declare to the cost of raw food which almost doubled the estimates. If that is the case, the estimates must have been made without due care. We are loath to lay the charge of mismanagement upon any one or all of the executors of the scheme; yet, when a perfectly feasible plan utterly fails, there is certainly a deal of blame to be attached somewhere...