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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... tion of fatal diseases . It is not that I think any thing which I have formerly advanced on these subjects untenable or visionary . In fact , the more I have considered the subject , the more have I been convinced of the general ...
... tion of fatal diseases . It is not that I think any thing which I have formerly advanced on these subjects untenable or visionary . In fact , the more I have considered the subject , the more have I been convinced of the general ...
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... tion , Depression of 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 ...
... tion , Depression of 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 ...
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... tion of facts , command the assent of all correct reasoners . This is the reason that its doctrines have ever been a subject of con- * Who does not know that medicine as much as dress has its fashions . Thus , for example , within a few ...
... tion of facts , command the assent of all correct reasoners . This is the reason that its doctrines have ever been a subject of con- * Who does not know that medicine as much as dress has its fashions . Thus , for example , within a few ...
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... tion of my " Reports " on that subject . 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 ...
... tion of my " Reports " on that subject . 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 ...
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... tion , the race or country to which any individual belongs . Philosophers may not have determined , with perfect exactness , all the circumstances which modify the system , and impress upon it its peculiarities . Some of them , perhaps ...
... tion , the race or country to which any individual belongs . Philosophers may not have determined , with perfect exactness , all the circumstances which modify the system , and impress upon it its peculiarities . Some of them , perhaps ...
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