Dietetics for nursesSaunders, 1913 - 431 pages |
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Page 383 - ... then spread it thinly on a dish, and place it in a slow oven ; if put in at night let it remain until the morning, when, if perfectly dry and crisp, it will be fit for grinding. The bran thus prepared must be ground in a fine mill...
Page 261 - ... in the case of the former than in that of the latter ; on the other...
Page 32 - For example, while 4 ounces of sausage produce 510 calories, 4 ounces of cheese 520, and 4 ounces of beef only 280, yet the beef is far more digestible than either the sausage or cheese, and thus more valuable as an article of food. As has been aptly said, " We live not upon what we eat, but upon what we digest.