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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... stomach ; and is the most pernicious , and sickening , and debilitating , in a state caunot be easily determined . It is obvious , however , that those become most diseased , which recede the farthest from their natural habits of life ...
... stomach ; and is the most pernicious , and sickening , and debilitating , in a state caunot be easily determined . It is obvious , however , that those become most diseased , which recede the farthest from their natural habits of life ...
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... stomach , and is the most pernicious , sickening , and debilitating in a state of inanition ; " and , that " it increases inflammation of the liver and spleen , " he was evidently mistaken , as is abundantly proved by the success of the ...
... stomach , and is the most pernicious , sickening , and debilitating in a state of inanition ; " and , that " it increases inflammation of the liver and spleen , " he was evidently mistaken , as is abundantly proved by the success of the ...
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... stomach , though it is a good deal loaded with earthy salts . To this inflammable and putrescent matter is owing the activity of com- mon water , of which persons almost constantly receive proofs , whenever they change their residence ...
... stomach , though it is a good deal loaded with earthy salts . To this inflammable and putrescent matter is owing the activity of com- mon water , of which persons almost constantly receive proofs , whenever they change their residence ...
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... stomach and the other organs of digestion . The use of them produces different kinds of disease , both acute and chronic ; all of them accom- panied by a remarkable state of atony , and a great debility of the nervous system . Now ...
... stomach and the other organs of digestion . The use of them produces different kinds of disease , both acute and chronic ; all of them accom- panied by a remarkable state of atony , and a great debility of the nervous system . Now ...
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... stomach with a peculiar feeling , which we call weight ; that the purest water feels the lightest ; and what is reckoned , and , I believe , justly reckoned , the worst , feels the heaviest on the stomach . In healthy persons this ...
... stomach with a peculiar feeling , which we call weight ; that the purest water feels the lightest ; and what is reckoned , and , I believe , justly reckoned , the worst , feels the heaviest on the stomach . In healthy persons this ...
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