BY

Thomas K. Chambers, M.D.

[a Reprint of the article "dietetics" in the new edition of the " encyclopaedia bRitanniCa."]

The application of science to the regulation of the continuous demands of the body for nutriment aims mainly at three objects : Health, Pleasure, and Economy. They are rarely inconsistent with one another, hut yet require separate consideration, as, under varying circumstances, each may claim the most prominent place in our thoughts.