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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... persons who tell us that some years ago , after they had suffered much in the way of indigestion , constipation , and the like , they commenced the vegetable regimen , and apparently at first with the most bene- ficial results . At ...
... persons who tell us that some years ago , after they had suffered much in the way of indigestion , constipation , and the like , they commenced the vegetable regimen , and apparently at first with the most bene- ficial results . At ...
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... persons . I have purposely avoided in this work all refined reasoning about the nature of the matter , which , insinuating itself into the body in unsuspected vehicles , undermines its powers , and lays the founda- tion of fatal ...
... persons . I have purposely avoided in this work all refined reasoning about the nature of the matter , which , insinuating itself into the body in unsuspected vehicles , undermines its powers , and lays the founda- tion of fatal ...
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... persons , both in and out of the profession , have been sensible of the force of the reason- ing used ; some have adopted the practice advised ; and have , from their own experience , publicly recommended it to others : nor has any one ...
... persons , both in and out of the profession , have been sensible of the force of the reason- ing used ; some have adopted the practice advised ; and have , from their own experience , publicly recommended it to others : nor has any one ...
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... Persons of very nar- row information are ready to allow that any manner of living , which is found useful in the cancer , would probably be bene- ficial in other chronic diseases likewise ; and that it would afford a satisfactory proof ...
... Persons of very nar- row information are ready to allow that any manner of living , which is found useful in the cancer , would probably be bene- ficial in other chronic diseases likewise ; and that it would afford a satisfactory proof ...
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... persons of imprudence who use them all without selection . They use the lightest and sweetest , and those which , falling from elevated grounds , give no sediment . " Sir G. Staunton informs us , that " persons of rank in China are so ...
... persons of imprudence who use them all without selection . They use the lightest and sweetest , and those which , falling from elevated grounds , give no sediment . " Sir G. Staunton informs us , that " persons of rank in China are so ...
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