Hot Sulphur Spring Water, 49.
Human Milk (see Mother's Milk).
Hunyadi Water, 49.
Hutchison, 35.

66.

Legumen, 2.

Ice-Cream).

Ices, chemistry of freezing, 197; how
to freeze, 197.
Impaired Digestion, cases of, 15.
India, 63.

Indian Meal, nutritive value of, 82.
Indigestion, causes of, 248; remedies
suggested for, 248.

Infant, the (see Baby, the).

Lentils, 2.

Lettuce, composition of, 151, 153.
Liebig, on metabolism, 20.
Liebig's Beef Extract, calorie value
of, 9.

Life, air essential to, 1; nitrogen es-
sential to, 2; can be sustained
on proteids, mineral matter, and
water, 3.

for, 23.

151.

LACTALBUMIN, 25, 26.

expensive fuel food, 52.

Lime Water, 26.

Liquors, Distilled, very largely re-
sponsible for intemperance, 58.
Lithia Water, 49.

Liver, the, 16; acts as storehouse for
the body, 17; fatty degeneration
of, 59.

composition of, 219.

Lobsters, composition of, 126.
Locomotive, the, comparison between
the body and, 7.

Londonderry Lithia Water, 49.

Lunch Counters, in schools, 34.
Lunches, at school, 33; what to put
in, 33; what to leave out, 34.
Lungs, the, 4.

Malt Sugar, 3.

Malted Foods, 60.

Man, calories required by, 10; ex-

periments upon, 20.

Maple Sugar, 3.

Mare's Milk, 26, 53.

Massachusetts, legal standard of
milk in, 54.

Mastication, necessity of thorough,

12.

Matzoon, composition of, 53.
Meal, Corn, calorie value of, 10.
Measures and Weights, table of, 42.
Meat, 2; latent heat in, 7; its effect
upon the flow of gastric juice, 14;
24, 25; described, 134; table show-
ing composition of, 134; structure
of, 135; nutritive value of, 135;
effects of cooking, 140; losses in
cooking, 140; digestibility of, 141.
Meat Extractives, 135, 136.
Mental Depression, due to tea-drink-
ing, 64.

Metabolism, 1, 3, 8: waste products
of, 17; effects of foods upon, 19;
defined, 19; investigation of, 20;
goes on rapidly where temperature
is high, 36; effect of alcohol upon,
59.

Mexico, 65, 66.

Milk, Asses' (see Asses' Milk).

Cow's, calorie value of, 9; its
effect upon the flow of gastric
juice, 14; time required for di-
gestion of, 15; 24; composition
of, 25, 51; compared with
human milk, 25, 26; needs to
be modified, 26; best adapted
for artificial infant-feeding, 26;
better from the herd than from
single animal, 27; home-modi-
fication of, 27; how to syphon,
28; formula for modifying, 28;
how to pasteurize, 29; how to
sterilize, 29; 30, 31; an ideal
food, 50; a food rather than a
beverage, 50; how contami-
nated, 51; pathogenic germs in,
52; the proteid of, 52; ways of
preserving, 54; adulteration of,
54; legal standard in Massa-
chusetts of, 54; effects of cook-
ing, 55; digestibility of, 55; its
value in the sick-room, 55;

advantages of, 56; disadvan-
tages of, 56; adapting it for the
sick, 56; altering taste of, 56;
improving digestibility of, 57;
predigesting, 57; in bread
making, 89.
Evaporated, 82.

Mare's (see Mare's Milk).
Mother's (see Mother's Milk).
Skim, 52.

Sugar, 3; 4; nutritive value of, 4;
cost of, 4; 25.

Williamson's Diabetic, 222.
Milk Diet, a, objections to, 56; in

cases of typhoid fever, 257; 258; in

Bright's Disease, 259.

Mineral Matter, 2, 3; necessary for
the building of tissues, 5; 25.
Mineral Waters, 49.
Mocha Coffee, 65.

Modification, of milk, 26; at home,
27; formula for, 28.
Monosaccharids, 3, 4.
Mother, the, importance of regular
feeding to, 23; her duty to her
child, 24; diet of, 24; when best to
wean, 30.

Mother's Milk, 22; methods of regu-
lating, 24, 25; the proteid and fat
in, 24, 25; composition of, 25; com-
pared with cow's milk, 25, 26.
Mucin, the, 12.
Muscular Contraction, Peristaltic, 17.
Muskmelons, composition of, 203.
Mussels, 118.

Mutton, composition of, 134; nutritive
value of, 138; how to determine
good, 139.
Myosin, 2.

NAUNYN, on Diabetes, 217.
Nausea, 57; toast water valuable in

cases of, 62; use of clam water in
cases of, 63; use of coffee in case of,
65; 205.
Nitrogen, essential to life, 2; to deter-
mine amount in a given food, 8;
the excretion of, 8.
Norway, 50.

Nurse, the, her duty in serving food

of the classification of foods, etc., 39.

Nuts, high food value of, 34.

Peristaltic Action, 13.

Oats, 89.

Rolled (see Rolled Oats).

Phosphorus, 52.

Phosphoric Acid, 135.

252; diet for, 255-256.

Esophagus, the, 13.

Pineapples, 62; composition of, 203.
Plums, composition of, 203.

Spanish, 152.

Opium Poisoning, use of coffee in
cases of, 65.

Orange Juice, calorie value of, 9.
Oranges, calorie value of, 9; 62; com-
position of, 203.

Ossein, of bones, 2.

Oven tests, 44.

thermometers, 44.

Oxidation, 1.

Oxides, 52.

Oxygen, discovery of, 20.
Oyster Liquor, 69.

Oysters, calorie value of, 9; time
required for digesting, 15; com-
position of, 126.

Poisoning, opium, 65; alcoholic, 65.
Poland Water, 49.

Poor, the, insufficient quantity of
proteids used among, 3; tea drink-
ing among, 64.

Pork, composition of, 134; digesti-
bility of, 139.
Porter, 58.

Potash, 135.

Potassium, 5, 52.

Potatoes, 3; calorie value of, 9; time
required for digesting, 15; compo-
sition of, 151, 159; described, 159;
digestibility of, 159; how to serve,
159; baking and boiling, 159, 160.
New, not desirable for sick-room,
160.

Poultry, composition of, 134; diges-
tibility of, 139, 140.

Priestley, discovers oxygen, 20.

by coffee-drinking, 66.

Pancreatic Juice, the, 16; its flow sus-
pended except during digestion, 16;
contains four ferments, 16.

Pancreatin, Fairchild's, 57.
Pasteurization, of milk, 26, 29.
Pastry, 24.

products of, 2; give intense heat, 4;
13, 16; absorbed in the stomach,
17; 25, 106, 135, 136, 218; in diet,
218.

Animal, 2.
Vegetable, 2.

Protein, 2.

of, 61.

position of, 203.

ing, 66.

counters at, 34.

258.

Rice, calorie value of, 9, 10; composi-

Seltzer, 49.

Service, for the sick, 38; directions
for, 38.

Shad, composition of, 126.

Sherry, calorie value of, 9.

proteids among, 3.

Richards, Mrs. Ellen H., her "Die-

tary Computer," 11.
Roasting, 43, 45.

Rolled Oats, calorie value of, 9; com-

position of, 100; how to cook, 102.
Rolled Rye Flakes, how to cook, 102.
Rum, 58.

Rusks, time required for digestion of,
15; 30.

Russia, 20, 53.

Rutland, Mass., open-air treatment

of consumption at, 262.

Sick, the food for, 36-40; their feed-
ing a question of supreme moment,
36; should not be consulted regard-
ing menu, 36; should rarely be
awakened for feeding, 36; impor-
tant things to consider in feeding,
37; appetite of, 37; how to serve
food for, 37, 38; methods employed
for cooking for, 41; adapting milk
for, 56; eggs for, 107, 108; table
showing composition of meats used
for, 134.

Skim Milk, 52.

value of, 89.

SACCHARINE, 221.

Sago, 3.

Sleep, 19.

Smelts, composition of, 126.

Soap, 16.

Soda, 88.

Sahara, the, 50.

gestion, 49.

Sodium, 5, 52.

Soft Water, 47, 48.

Soup-making, 45, 118, 141.

Soup Stock, 118.

value, 163.

Salads, described, 163.

Saliva, defined, 12.

position of, 126.

Salt, 6.

118.

South America, 66.

17.

the Bile, 16.

tion of, 168.

Spices, 1.

Sanitariums, in Germany, 15.

vegetable foods abound in, 44, 154.

Steaming, 43.

Steapsin, 16.

Sterilization, of milk, 26, 29.
Stews, the making of, 45.
Stir, how to, 43.

Stomach, the, sugar absorbed by,
4; 12; cut showing division of,
13; has two muscular movements,
14; capable of great distention, 14;
plays small part in digestion, 16;
vegetables throw much mechanical
work on, 154; troubles of, 248;
hyper-acidity of, 248; ulcer of,
250; dilation of, 251.

Stomach Trouble (see Indigestion).
Stout, 58.

brands, 63; differences in quality,
a stimulant rather than a nutrient,
63; how to prepare, 63; its food
value, 64; evil effects of, 64; a
useful stimulant, 64; should never
be given to children, 64.
Beef (see Beef Tea).
Black, 63.

Green, 63.

Tea Drinkers, require less food, 64;
apt to become nervous, 64.
Teeth, the, 5.

Temperature, influence on gastric
digestion of, 14.

Thein, effect of, 63, 65, 67, 83.
Theobromine, 67.

Thermometers, Oven, 44.

62; composition of, 203.

astringent, 82.