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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... Spirits , and Gout . 146 CASE II . - Disposition to Pulmonary Consumption . 161 CASE III - Distortion of the Chest , Pimples of the Face , General Debility , and Weak Eyes . CASE IV . Disposition to Hydrocephalus and Apoplexy . 163 ...
... Spirits , and Gout . 146 CASE II . - Disposition to Pulmonary Consumption . 161 CASE III - Distortion of the Chest , Pimples of the Face , General Debility , and Weak Eyes . CASE IV . Disposition to Hydrocephalus and Apoplexy . 163 ...
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... spirit of research . Twenty years never elapsed without some new medicine or mode of treatment being pro- posed for some intractable complaint : great cures are pub- lished ; great expectations raised ; the new methods are uni- versally ...
... spirit of research . Twenty years never elapsed without some new medicine or mode of treatment being pro- posed for some intractable complaint : great cures are pub- lished ; great expectations raised ; the new methods are uni- versally ...
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... spirit . But Hippocrates was perfectly aware of the powerful effect of political institutions upon the moral character . While , therefore , he attributes , in some degree , to the relaxing effects of the climate the timidity ...
... spirit . But Hippocrates was perfectly aware of the powerful effect of political institutions upon the moral character . While , therefore , he attributes , in some degree , to the relaxing effects of the climate the timidity ...
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... spirits , violent rheumatism , and frequent attacks of gout . He had two fits , which were called epileptic , and had often a sense of suffocation , particularly after his meals . By altering his re- gimen , and pursuing a strict course ...
... spirits , violent rheumatism , and frequent attacks of gout . He had two fits , which were called epileptic , and had often a sense of suffocation , particularly after his meals . By altering his re- gimen , and pursuing a strict course ...
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... spirits is assigned as having an active share in the increased frequency of insanity , it is neither pretended , nor is it all likely , that this abuse was universal . Pinel has related the case of a young man , " an inflexible disciple ...
... spirits is assigned as having an active share in the increased frequency of insanity , it is neither pretended , nor is it all likely , that this abuse was universal . Pinel has related the case of a young man , " an inflexible disciple ...
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