Transcriber's Note: ################### This e-text is based on the 1914 edition. Inconsistent hyphenation (e.g., 'semi-acid'/'semiacid') and spelling ('purée'/'puree') have been retained. Italic passages in the original version has been placed between underscores (_italic_); text in small caps have been symbolised by forward slashes (/small caps/). The following passages have been corrected: # Table of Contents: 'Low Vitality (continued)' has been added # Table of Contents: Page number for 'Colds' changed to match the original; corresponding header added to the text # p. 921: 'LaGrippe' --> 'La Grippe' # p. 971: 'cyicken' --> 'chicken' ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DIET ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DIET _A Treatise on the Food Question_ IN FIVE VOLUMES /Explaining, in Plain Language, the Chemistry of Food and the Chemistry of the Human Body, together with the Art of Uniting these Two Branches of Science in the Process of Eating, so as to Establish Normal Digestion and Assimilation of Food and Normal Elimination of Waste, thereby Removing the Causes of Stomach, Intestinal, and All Other Digestive Disorders/ BY /Eugene Christian/, F.S.D. /Volume IV/ NEW YORK THE CHRISTIAN DIETETIC SOCIETY 1914 /Copyright, 1914 by EUGENE CHRISTIAN ALL RIGHTS RESERVED /Published August, 1914/ CONTENTS /Volume IV/ _Lesson XV_ (Continued) _Page_ Low Vitality (continued) 863 Obesity 870 Neurasthenia 897 Malnutrition 901 Anemia 905 Locomotor Ataxia 911 Colds 915 Nasal Catarrh 925 Hay Fever 931 Asthma 935 Influenza 939 Insomnia 940