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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... dropsy ; digitalis in pulmonary consumption . It were easy to enlarge the catalogue . I know not whether the use of iron in cancer , and of the alkalis and ab- sorbents in scrofula , be as yet extinct ; but it is easy to antici- pate ...
... dropsy ; digitalis in pulmonary consumption . It were easy to enlarge the catalogue . I know not whether the use of iron in cancer , and of the alkalis and ab- sorbents in scrofula , be as yet extinct ; but it is easy to antici- pate ...
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... dropsy . The tertian and quartan ague is so familiar , that , esteeming them nothing at all , even in the time of the paroxysm , the people follow their usual occupations . In the autumn , the quotidian is a universal malady . Catarrh ...
... dropsy . The tertian and quartan ague is so familiar , that , esteeming them nothing at all , even in the time of the paroxysm , the people follow their usual occupations . In the autumn , the quotidian is a universal malady . Catarrh ...
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... dropsy , or any of the acute and fatal inflamma- tions . It becomes , therefore , highly probable , that this whole tribe of diseases is under the control of climate , situation , and habits of life . I would not be understood as ...
... dropsy , or any of the acute and fatal inflamma- tions . It becomes , therefore , highly probable , that this whole tribe of diseases is under the control of climate , situation , and habits of life . I would not be understood as ...
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... dropsy , or of consumption . In a system like that of the human body , consisting of a congeries of different organs , each independent , and endued with peculiar powers and actions , but each likewise connected with the whole , and ...
... dropsy , or of consumption . In a system like that of the human body , consisting of a congeries of different organs , each independent , and endued with peculiar powers and actions , but each likewise connected with the whole , and ...
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... dropsy is a disease of weakness , and requires animal food , in order , God willing , to support the strength . But in general dropsy the urine is likewise scanty , which we commonly in vain attempt to remedy by diuretic medicines ...
... dropsy is a disease of weakness , and requires animal food , in order , God willing , to support the strength . But in general dropsy the urine is likewise scanty , which we commonly in vain attempt to remedy by diuretic medicines ...
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