Early Marketing of the Theory of Nutrition: The Science and Culture of Liebig’s Extract of Meat

Bottoms Up: A History of Rectal Nutrition From 1870 to 1920

“…These conclusions relied on the 1840s work of Leibig and Bernard in demonstrating the critical importance of pancreatic secretions in digesting foodstuffs, highlighting the growing connection between the clinic and the laboratory. 40 German W. O. Leube published the seminal article on injected pancreatic secretions, proposing a mixture of ground pancreas with beef in 1872. 41 Subsequently, in 1877, Ewald stressed the importance of also including pepsin, a stomach ferment discovered in 1830 by German physiologist Theodor Schwann and thought to transform protein into peptones.…”

De la Historia de los Alimentos a la Historia de la Nutrición: Reflexiones sobre América Latina en la Primera Mitad del Siglo XX

“…Liebig, quien es considerado uno de los fundadores de la química orgánica gracias a que perfeccionó metodologías para el análisis de alimentos, y realizó experimentos en los cuales estableció el actual modelo composicional, carbohidratos, lípidos y proteínas. La comercialización de sus productos (Liebig abogaba por una dieta alta en proteínas de origen animal) lo impulsó a tener relaciones comerciales con Argentina para la producción y comercialización de su extracto de carne (Finlay, 1995). Habría que hacer la historia de este intercambio, y explorar si hubo más de los cuales aún no estamos enterados.…”

French beans for the masses: a modern historical geography of food in Burkina Faso

“…It marked a signi®cant departure from nutritional theories of a half-century earlier, when the in¯uential German chemist Liebig brie¯y convinced doctors and army rations-planners that meat was the ideal human food, especially in trying climates and physical conditions. [33] The colonial hygiene propounded in turn-of-the-century popular manuals and medical texts drew on Pasteurian bacteriology, revised theories (contra Liebig) of human metabolism, and the testimonies of colonial administrators and military men who had lived to tell about their postings in the disease-ridden zones of equatorial Africa and Asia. [34] The general tone of advice was overtly moralistic: good health in the tropics required moderated passions and``very careful living''.…”