The Natural Cure of Consumption, Constipation, Bright's Disease, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, "colds" (fevers), Etc: How Sickness Originates, and how to Prevent it : a Health Manual for the People |
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... drink , and breathe , without using our brains or consciences , and to shun the best products of the brains of others who make this subject the study of their lives , and when the inevitable sickness comes shift the respon- sibility on ...
... drink , and breathe , without using our brains or consciences , and to shun the best products of the brains of others who make this subject the study of their lives , and when the inevitable sickness comes shift the respon- sibility on ...
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... drink- ing of pure water , and then eat and drink so as to prevent a recurrence of the disorder . So universal is this disagreeable feeling with three - meal - flesh - and- pastry eaters and coffee - drinkers that Marshall Hall ...
... drink- ing of pure water , and then eat and drink so as to prevent a recurrence of the disorder . So universal is this disagreeable feeling with three - meal - flesh - and- pastry eaters and coffee - drinkers that Marshall Hall ...
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... drink , smoke , snuff , or chew , whether animal , vegetable , or mineral , food or medicine , is not good , certainly not best , for any other person to eat , drink , absorb , or take into the system in any manner . It is true that ...
... drink , smoke , snuff , or chew , whether animal , vegetable , or mineral , food or medicine , is not good , certainly not best , for any other person to eat , drink , absorb , or take into the system in any manner . It is true that ...
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... drink in any form . Here , " con- tinues the Lancet , " is a very old and well - known agent , cheap enough , and easily procured , capable of im- parting ' staying power ' better , probably , than any- thing else , which is not ...
... drink in any form . Here , " con- tinues the Lancet , " is a very old and well - known agent , cheap enough , and easily procured , capable of im- parting ' staying power ' better , probably , than any- thing else , which is not ...
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... drink ; that the relations , not only between food and a healthy population , but between food and virtue , between the process of digestion and the state of mind which results from it , have occupied a sub- ordinate place in the ...
... drink ; that the relations , not only between food and a healthy population , but between food and virtue , between the process of digestion and the state of mind which results from it , have occupied a sub- ordinate place in the ...
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Page 293 - New Physiognomy; or, Signs of Character, as manifested through Temperament and External Forms, and especially in the
Page 13 - ... the entrails of animals taxed for their impurities, the poison-bags of reptiles drained of their venom, and all the inconceivable abominations thus obtained thrust down the throats of human beings suffering from some fault of organization, nourishment, or vital stimulation.
Page 293 - ACC01PAnied by a Chart, embracing an Analysis of the Primary Mental Powers in their Various Degrees of Development, the Phenomena produced by their Combined Activity, and the Location of the Phrenological Organs in the Head.
Page 45 - In these provisions no student of human nature can fail to recognize the spirit of wisdom and a lofty purpose. But it is not a sign of ancestral wisdom that so little thought has been bestowed on the teaching of what we should eat and drink ; that the relations, not only between food and a healthy population, but between food and virtue, between the process of digestion and the state of mind which results from it, have occupied a subordinate place in the practical arrangements of life. No doubt there...
Page 137 - In no case was it necessary to fast more than ten days. Less positive results were obtained in cases of chronic rheumatism. The patients were allowed to drink freely of cold water, or lemonade in moderate quantities if they preferred. No medicines were given. Dr. Wood says that from the quick and almost invariably good results obtained...
Page 12 - The little regard which has hitherto been paid to the laws of the human constitution, as the true basis on which our attempts to improve the condition of man ought to rest, will be obvious from the fact, that, notwithstanding the direct uses to which a knowledge of the conditions which regulate the healthy action of the bodily organs may be applied, in the prevention, detection, and treatment of disease, there is scarcely a medical school in this country in which any special provision is made for...