Water and Vegetable DietThis 1854 work by William Lambe, with notes and additions by Joel Shew, is the American edition of a work originally published in England in 1815. The work sets forth the superiority of a vegetarian diet, in combination with water-treatment, in the prevention of disease and maintenance of health. |
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... becomes contami- nated by the errors , prejudices , and superstitions of the people ; which must extend , in a greater or less degree , to every meni- ber of the community . Physicians can boast no exemption from these prejudices . A ...
... becomes contami- nated by the errors , prejudices , and superstitions of the people ; which must extend , in a greater or less degree , to every meni- ber of the community . Physicians can boast no exemption from these prejudices . A ...
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... become thicker and less acrid , more concocted and mingled than at first ; then it is that the heat ceases . " - De veteri Medicina , xxxi . Here we have an example of the slightest of all inflammatory complaints , which we find to have ...
... become thicker and less acrid , more concocted and mingled than at first ; then it is that the heat ceases . " - De veteri Medicina , xxxi . Here we have an example of the slightest of all inflammatory complaints , which we find to have ...
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... becomes evidently imprinted on the features , and gives a character to the form and physiognomy . Who can mistake the lineaments of habitual drunkenness ? The first questions , put by the valetudinarian to his medical adviser , are - Is ...
... becomes evidently imprinted on the features , and gives a character to the form and physiognomy . Who can mistake the lineaments of habitual drunkenness ? The first questions , put by the valetudinarian to his medical adviser , are - Is ...
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... become most diseased , which recede the farthest from their natural habits of life . The common rat is naturally herbivorous , Mr. Lawrence , assistant - sur- geon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital , informed me , that they have at the ...
... become most diseased , which recede the farthest from their natural habits of life . The common rat is naturally herbivorous , Mr. Lawrence , assistant - sur- geon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital , informed me , that they have at the ...
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... become ! " And the same writer positively affirms that , by the abuse of tea , coffee , and similar liquors , he had seen many so enervate their bodies , that they could scarcely drag their limbs ; and many had from this cause been ...
... become ! " And the same writer positively affirms that , by the abuse of tea , coffee , and similar liquors , he had seen many so enervate their bodies , that they could scarcely drag their limbs ; and many had from this cause been ...
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