. The new hydropathic cook-book : with recipes for cooking on hygienic principles : containing also a philosophical exposition of the relations of food to health : the chemical elements and proximate constitution of alimentary principles : the nutritive properties of all kinds of aliments : the relative value of vegetable and animal substances : the selection and preservation of dietetic materials, etc., quite, all ofthese proximate elements. Hence the futility of all the multitudinous experiments in feeding human beings or animalson a constituent part of an aliment instead of the alimen
. The new hydropathic cook-book : with recipes for cooking on hygienic principles : containing also a philosophical exposition of the relations of food to health : the chemical elements and proximate constitution of alimentary principles : the nutritive properties of all kinds of aliments : the relative value of vegetable and animal substances : the selection and preservation of dietetic materials, etc., quite, all ofthese proximate elements. Hence the futility of all the multitudinous experiments in feeding human beings or animalson a constituent part of an aliment instead of the alimentitself. Such experiments only show the physiological igno-rance of the CHAPTER III. ALIMENTS, OR FOODS PROPER. Tikdeman has arranged the following classification of vege-table aliments, which I shall follow in their description : I. Aliments derived from Flowering Plants. 4. Butls, and young Shoots, 5. Leaves, Leaf-stalks, & Flowers,G. Receptacles and Bracts, 7. Stems. M 1. Seeds, 2. Fleshy Fruits, 3. Roots, Subterraneous Stems and Tubers, II. Jlliments derived froiiPFtywerl ess Plants. 1. Ferns, ,J3. Algaj, or Sea-weeds, 2. Lichens, | 1. Fungi, or^Iushrooms. § 1. Semina or Seeds.—These may be classified in thefollowing manner: f Butternut,Almond,Walnut,Hazel nut,Filbert,Cashew nut, { Cocoa nut,Peanut,Beech nut,Brazil nut,Madeira nut,Pistachio nut,.. Acorn. Cereal Grains or corn. f Peas,Leguminous Seeds. Pulse. < Beans,1v Lentils. I, Cupuliferae.—Chestnut. To the above list I must add vegetable milk ; the ju»ce ofthe cow tree, as it is called, which grows to a vast height amid Aliments, or Foods Proper. 49 Proximate Elements of Cereal Grains—Varieties of Wheat. the arid mountains of South America, and supplies the Indianof the Cordilleras with a rich, yellowish-white fluid, morenutritive than the milk of any animal we are acquainted with. -The proximate elements of the cereal Sugar, Gum, Earthy Phosphates, Ligneous Matter (bran, husk, etc.),Water. Fi
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