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F. X. Gouraud

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Francois Xavier Gouraud
Born1877
Died1913 (age 36)
Occupation(s)Physician, dietitian

Francois Xavier Gouraud (1877–1913) was a French physician and dietitian.

Gouraud was born to a medical family. His father was a doctor at the Hôpital de la Charité. Gouraud studied medicine as an intern in Paris hospitals at the age of 21.[1] His thesis in 1903 was on phosphorus exchanges in the normal and pathological organism.[1] He became head of Paul Georges Dieulafoy's clinic at Hôtel-Dieu, Paris.[1] He was chief of laboratory at the Faculty of Medicine of Paris.

Gouraud's best known work on dietetics was Que Faut-Il Manger?. It was translated as What Shall I Eat? in 1911.[2] Armand Gautier wrote a preface for the book.[3] It was positively reviewed in medical journals.[4][5][6][7] The book is an impartial survey of important dietary questions and the reasons why specific foods should be consumed or rejected according to normal or pathological conditions.[5] It was described in a review as a "scientifically correct discussion of nutrition and diet, from the common food standpoint."[4]

The book is notable for its chapters on alcohol, vegetarianism and white bread.[8][9] Gouraud concluded that a strict vegetarian diet is inadvisable for most people but a modified version with eggs and milk (ovo-lacto vegetarianism) is more rational.[10][11] He favoured an omnivorous (mixed diet) as the most suitable diet for mankind.[12] A review for the original French version in the British Medical Journal commented that "the book will be found useful by any practitioner who wishes to construct a dietary for any purpose, and the cautions and recommendations contained in it are sound".[12] A criticism of the English translation was that it contained typological errors.[13]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Paris médical: la semaine du clinician. Paris: J.-B. Baillière et fils, 1913. pp. 55-57
  2. ^ W. D. H. (1911). ""What Shall I Eat?": A Manual of Rational Feeding". Nature. 87 (2186): 379–380. doi:10.1038/087379a0. S2CID 3982509.
  3. ^ "What Shall I Eat?: A Manual of Rational Feeding". American Medicine. 17: 677. 1911.
  4. ^ a b "What Shall I Eat?: A Manual of Rational Feeding". Texas State Journal of Medicine. 7 (12): 343. 1912.
  5. ^ a b "What Shall I Eat?: A Manual of Rational Feeding". The Journal of Advanced Therapeutics. 29: 338. 1911.
  6. ^ "What Shall I Eat?: A Manual of Rational Feeding". The Chicago Medical Recorder. 33: 298. 1911.
  7. ^ "What Shall I Eat?: A Manual of Rational Feeding". The New England Medical Gazette. 46: 882. 1911.
  8. ^ "What Shall I Eat?: A Manual of Rational Feeding". Interstate Medical Journal. 18: 1159. 1911.
  9. ^ "What Shall I Eat?: A Manual of Rational Feeding". Maryland Medical Journal. 54 (6): 190. 1911.
  10. ^ "What Shall I Eat?". American Physical Education Review. 27 (1): 46.
  11. ^ "What Shall I Eat?". The Johns Hopkins Medical Journal. 22: 412–413. 1911.
  12. ^ a b "Reviewed Work: Que Faut-Il Manger? by F. X. Gouraud". The British Medical Journal. 2 (2585): 142–143. 1910.
  13. ^ "Reviewed Work: What Shall I Eat? A Manual Of Rational Feeding by F. X. Gouraud, Francis J. Rebman". The British Medical Journal. 2 (2635): 24–25. 1911.
  14. ^ E. B. (1911). "What Shall I Eat?: A Manual of Rational Feeding". American Physical Education Review. 16 (9): 607–608.
  15. ^ "Le livre du médecin: La Tuberculose". The Lancet. 1: 1618. 1912.