Edward Smith (physician)

thumb|Edward Smith Edward Smith FRS (1819–1874) was a British physician and medical writer. Quotes Foods New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1873. Full text on Google Books. As a general definition, it may be stated that a food is a substance which, when introduced into the body, supplies material which renews some structure or maintains some vital process; and it is distinguished from a medicine in that the latter modifies some vital action, but does not supply the material which sustains such action. Introd., p. 1 The same nutritive elements exist in both vegetable and animal foods, and … within certain limits, the two classes of food are interchangeable. Ch. XIX, p. 143 Every … element, whether mineral or organic, which is required for nutrition is found in the vegetable kingdom. Ch. XIX, p. 143 External links Category:1874 deaths Category:Authors from England Category:Physicians from England Category:1819 births