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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... matter that should be looked to in this day of many books . I have also , in the following work , changed many of the techni- cal or scientific terms to such as will be better understood by the generality of readers . Numerous ...
... matter that should be looked to in this day of many books . I have also , in the following work , changed many of the techni- cal or scientific terms to such as will be better understood by the generality of readers . Numerous ...
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... matter , so to say , and have in the end gone from bad to worse , and so as a consequence have got no good . It is very common to find persons who tell us that some years ago , after they had suffered much in the way of indigestion ...
... matter , so to say , and have in the end gone from bad to worse , and so as a consequence have got no good . It is very common to find persons who tell us that some years ago , after they had suffered much in the way of indigestion ...
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... matter , which , insinuating itself into the body in unsuspected vehicles , undermines its powers , and lays the founda- tion of fatal diseases . It is not that I think any thing which I have formerly advanced on these subjects ...
... matter , which , insinuating itself into the body in unsuspected vehicles , undermines its powers , and lays the founda- tion of fatal diseases . It is not that I think any thing which I have formerly advanced on these subjects ...
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... matter of little difficulty to trace to the fountain - head the source of these erroneous opinions . But I shall content myself with the irre- fragable proof of the fact . This pr of may be readily drawn from the ever - varying fash ...
... matter of little difficulty to trace to the fountain - head the source of these erroneous opinions . But I shall content myself with the irre- fragable proof of the fact . This pr of may be readily drawn from the ever - varying fash ...
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... matter is most easily digestible , is of the greatest ; it matters not how we breathe , but to determine the purest air is of the first con- sequence . In things of this nature , we are instructed , not by abstruse speculations and ...
... matter is most easily digestible , is of the greatest ; it matters not how we breathe , but to determine the purest air is of the first con- sequence . In things of this nature , we are instructed , not by abstruse speculations and ...
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