Open AccessNOTES ON BOOKS
Author(s) -
Sir Humphry,
B. Saunders
Publication year - 1880
Publication title -
notes and queries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.112
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1471-6941
pISSN - 0029-3970
DOI - 10.1093/notesj/s6-i.24.487-d
Subject(s) - history
The chief feature of Dr Pirquet's Outline of the Pirquet System of Nutrition (W. B. Saunders Company, ios. net) is the substitution of the "Nem" for the calorie as a unit, and of the sitting height for the weight, in the estimation of food requirements. The system was found very successful in feeding Austrian children, and although the conditions which enabled the experiment to be carried out on so large
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