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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... example , within a few years , for the treatment of consumption . indine has had its run ; afterward wood - naptha , and last of all cod liver oil ( the expressed juice of rotten cod livers ) , as vile a substance as can be well ...
... example , within a few years , for the treatment of consumption . indine has had its run ; afterward wood - naptha , and last of all cod liver oil ( the expressed juice of rotten cod livers ) , as vile a substance as can be well ...
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... example of their extent and power may be found in a well - known and popular work . It is this : When , in the year 1760 , the King of Spain determined , by a public decree , to free Madrid from the abominable custom of throwing the ...
... example of their extent and power may be found in a well - known and popular work . It is this : When , in the year 1760 , the King of Spain determined , by a public decree , to free Madrid from the abominable custom of throwing the ...
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... example of the slightest of all inflammatory complaints , which we find to have been attended with the same symptoms as the common cold , or catarrh , of the present day . Cancer is allowed to be the most calamitous of all diseases ...
... example of the slightest of all inflammatory complaints , which we find to have been attended with the same symptoms as the common cold , or catarrh , of the present day . Cancer is allowed to be the most calamitous of all diseases ...
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... example , says , that as the g guinea - worm , which seems peculiar to Africa and some parts of Asia , " has been supposed to proceed from a bad quality of the water of the country , I procured the waters of Senegal , Gambia , and ...
... example , says , that as the g guinea - worm , which seems peculiar to Africa and some parts of Asia , " has been supposed to proceed from a bad quality of the water of the country , I procured the waters of Senegal , Gambia , and ...
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... examples . Hard waters are most injurious to the viscera , and , in particular , to the spleen , as being very vascular ; and , by stagnating in its small vessels , the whole gland is easily raised into a large tumor . It has been ...
... examples . Hard waters are most injurious to the viscera , and , in particular , to the spleen , as being very vascular ; and , by stagnating in its small vessels , the whole gland is easily raised into a large tumor . It has been ...
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