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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... remain silent on the subject . Many in this country have indeed already found great relief and , in not a few instances , a perfect cure , by the adoption of vegetable 290349 iv PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION . regimen . A.
... remain silent on the subject . Many in this country have indeed already found great relief and , in not a few instances , a perfect cure , by the adoption of vegetable 290349 iv PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION . regimen . A.
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... perfect organization . - It is produced in all climates habi- table by man . - The natural progress of society . - The use of animal food a relic of barbarous manners . CHAPTER VIII . On the use of spirituous and fermented liquors ...
... perfect organization . - It is produced in all climates habi- table by man . - The natural progress of society . - The use of animal food a relic of barbarous manners . CHAPTER VIII . On the use of spirituous and fermented liquors ...
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... perfect mixture of these humors , each possessed of its proper qualities ; disease took place when the due proportions were disturbed , or when either of the elementary humors was separated , or not perfectly mixed with the common mass ...
... perfect mixture of these humors , each possessed of its proper qualities ; disease took place when the due proportions were disturbed , or when either of the elementary humors was separated , or not perfectly mixed with the common mass ...
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... perfect exactness , all the circumstances which modify the system , and impress upon it its peculiarities . Some of them , perhaps , have , as yet , eluded their research . That climate , including , in the term , all the circumstances ...
... perfect exactness , all the circumstances which modify the system , and impress upon it its peculiarities . Some of them , perhaps , have , as yet , eluded their research . That climate , including , in the term , all the circumstances ...
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... perfect digestion , and , at the same time , resisting the divellent force . Here then we have the direct proof of the pernicious effect of this matter upon the living fibre ; and there can be no difficulty in believing that the same ...
... perfect digestion , and , at the same time , resisting the divellent force . Here then we have the direct proof of the pernicious effect of this matter upon the living fibre ; and there can be no difficulty in believing that the same ...
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