Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages / Including a System of Vegetable Cookery
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- VEGETABLE DIET:
- AS SANCTIONED BY
- MEDICAL MEN,
- AND BY
- EXPERIENCE IN ALL AGES.
- INCLUDING A
- SYSTEM OF VEGETABLE COOKERY.
- PREFACE
- ADVERTISEMENT
- TO THE SECOND EDITION.
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I.
- ORIGIN OF THIS WORK.
- CHAPTER II.
- LETTERS TO DR. NORTH.
- CHAPTER III.
- REMARKS ON THE FOREGOING LETTERS.
- CHAPTER IV.
- ADDITIONAL INTELLIGENCE.
- CHAPTER V.
- TESTIMONY OF OTHER MEDICAL MEN, BOTH OF ANCIENT AND MODERN TIMES.
- CHAPTER VI.
- TESTIMONY OF PHILOSOPHERS AND OTHER EMINENT MEN.
- CHAPTER VII.
- SOCIETIES AND COMMUNITIES ON THE VEGETABLE SYSTEM.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- VEGETABLE DIET DEFENDED.
- VEGETABLE COOKERY.
- CLASS I.
- FARINACEOUS OR MEALY SUBSTANCES.
- CLASS II.
- FRUITS.
- CLASS III.
- ROOTS.
- CLASS IV.
- MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES OF FOOD.
- VEGETABLE DIET.
- CHAPTER I.
- ORIGIN OF THIS WORK.
- "To the Editor of the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal.
- CHAPTER II.
- LETTERS TO DR. NORTH.
- LETTER I.—FROM DR. PARMLY, DENTIST. To Dr. North.
- LETTER II—FROM DR. W. A. ALCOTT.
- LETTER III.—FROM DR. D. S. WRIGHT.
- LETTER IV.—FROM DR. H. N. PRESTON.[1]
- LETTER V.—FROM DR. H. A. BARROWS.
- LETTER VI.—FROM DR. CALEB BANNISTER.
- LETTER VII.—FROM DR. LYMAN TENNY.
- LETTER VIII.—FROM DR. J. M. B. HARDEN.
- LETTER IX.—FROM JOSEPH RICKETSON, ESQ.
- LETTER X.—FROM JOSEPH CONGDON, ESQ.
- LETTER XI.—FROM GEORGE W. BAKER, ESQ.
- LETTER XII—FROM JOHN HOWLAND, JR., ESQ.
- LETTER XIII.—FROM DR. W. H. WEBSTER.
- LETTER XIV.—FROM JOSIAH BENNET, ESQ.
- LETTER XV.—FROM WILLIAM VINCENT, ESQ.[2]
- LETTER XVI.—FROM L. R. BRADLEY, BY DR. GEO. H. PERRY.
- LETTER XVII.—FROM DR. L. W. SHERMAN.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER III.
- REMARKS ON THE FOREGOING LETTERS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER IV.
- ADDITIONAL INTELLIGENCE.
- LETTER I.—FROM DR. H. A. BARROWS.
- LETTER II.—FROM DR. JOHN M. B. HARDEN.
- LETTER III.—FROM DR. JOSHUA PORTER.
- LETTER IV.—FROM DR. N. J. KNIGHT, OF TRURO.
- LETTER V.—FROM DR. LESTER KEEP.
- LETTER VI.—SECOND LETTER FROM DR. KEEP.
- LETTER VII.—FROM DR. HENRY H. BROWN
- LETTER VIII.—FROM DR. FRANKLIN KNOX.
- LETTER IX.—FROM A HIGHLY RESPECTABLE PHYSICIAN.
- ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS.—BY THE AUTHOR.[7]
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER V.
- TESTIMONY OF OTHER MEDICAL MEN, BOTH OF ANCIENT AND MODERN TIMES.
- GENERAL REMARKS.
- DR. GEORGE CHEYNE.
- DR. GEOFFROY.
- MESSRS. PERCY AND VAUQUELIN.
- DR. PEMBERTON.
- SIR JOHN SINCLAIR.
- DR. JAMES, OF WISCONSIN.
- DR. CRANSTOUN.
- DR. TAYLOR, OF ENGLAND.
- DRS. HUFELAND AND ABERNETHY.
- DR. GREGORY.
- DR. CULLEN, OF EDINBURGH.
- DR. BENJAMIN RUSH.
- DR. WILLIAM LAMBE, OF LONDON.
- PROFESSOR LAWRENCE.
- DR. SALGUES.
- THE AUTHOR OF "SURE METHODS," ETC.
- BARON CUVIER.[10]
- DR. LUTHER V. BELL.
- DR. WILLIAM BUCHAN, AUTHOR OF "DOMESTIC MEDICINE."
- DR. CHARLES WHITLAW.
- DR. JAMES CLARK.
- PROF. MUSSEY, OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.
- DR. CONDIE, OF PHILADELPHIA.
- DR. J. V. C. SMITH, OF BOSTON.
- SYLVESTER GRAHAM.
- DR. JOHN M. ANDREW.
- DR. WILLIAM SWEETSER, OF BOSTON.
- DR. A. L. PIERSON.
- STATEMENT OF DR. C. BYINGTON, OF PHILADELPHIA.
- TESTIMONY OF A PHYSICIAN IN NEW YORK.
- THE FEMALE'S CYCLOPEDIA.
- DR. VAN COOTH.
- DR. WILLIAM BEAUMONT.
- SIR EVERARD HOME.
- DR. JENNINGS.
- DR. JARVIS.
- DR. TICKNOR.
- DR. COLES.
- DR. SHEW.
- DR. MORRILL.
- DR. BELL.
- DR. BRADLEY.
- DR. STEPHENSON.
- DR. J. BURDELL,
- DR. THOMAS SMETHURST,
- DR. SCHLEMMER.
- DR. CURTIS, AND OTHERS.
- PROF. C. U. SHEPARD.
- BLACKWOOD, IN HIS MAGAZINE.
- PROF. JOHNSTON.
- SIMEON COLLINS, OF WESTFIELD, MASS.
- REV. JOSEPH EMERSON.
- TAK SISSON.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VI.
- TESTIMONY OF PHILOSOPHERS AND OTHER EMINENT MEN.
- GENERAL REMARKS.
- PLAUTUS.
- PLUTARCH.
- PORPHYRY, OF TYRE.
- LORD BACON.
- SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE.
- CICERO.
- CYRUS THE GREAT.
- PETER GASSENDI.
- PROF. HITCHCOCK.
- LORD KAIMS.
- DR. THOMAS DICK.
- PROFESSOR GEORGE BUSH.
- THOMAS SHILLITOE.
- ALEXANDER POPE.
- SIR RICHARD PHILLIPS.
- SIR ISAAC NEWTON.
- THE ABBE GALLANI.
- HOMER.
- DR. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
- MR. NEWTON.
- O. S. FOWLER.
- REV. MR. JOHNSTON.
- JOHN H. CHANDLER.
- REV. JESSE CASWELL.
- MR. SAMUEL CHINN.
- FATHER SEWALL.
- MAGLIABECCHI,
- OBERLIN AND SWARTZ.
- THE IRISH.
- JOHN BAILIES.
- FRANCIS HUPAZOLI.
- MARY CAROLINE HINCKLEY.
- JOHN WHITCOMB.
- CAPT. ROSS, OF THE BRITISH NAVY.
- HENRY FRANCISCO.
- PROFESSOR FERGUSON.
- HOWARD, THE PHILANTHROPIST.
- GEN. ELLIOTT.
- ENCYCLOPEDIA AMERICANA.
- MR. THOMAS BELL, OF LONDON.
- LINNÆUS, THE NATURALIST.
- SHELLEY, THE POET.
- REV. EZEKIEL RICH.
- REV. JOHN WESLEY.
- LAMARTINE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VII.
- SOCIETIES AND COMMUNITIES ON THE VEGETABLE SYSTEM.
- GENERAL REMARKS.
- THE PYTHAGOREANS.
- THE ESSENES.
- THE BRAMINS.
- SOCIETY OF BIBLE CHRISTIANS.
- ORPHAN ASYLUM OF ALBANY.
- THE MEXICAN INDIANS.
- SCHOOL IN GERMANY.
- THE AMERICAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- VEGETABLE DIET DEFENDED.
- I. THE ANATOMICAL ARGUMENT.
- II. THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ARGUMENT.
- III. THE MEDICAL ARGUMENT.
- IV. THE POLITICAL ARGUMENT.
- V. THE ECONOMICAL ARGUMENT.
- VI. THE ARGUMENT FROM EXPERIENCE.
- VII. THE MORAL ARGUMENT.
- VIII. THE MILLENNIAL ARGUMENT
- IX. THE BIBLE ARGUMENT.
- CONCLUSION.
- FOOTNOTES:
- OUTLINES
- OF A
- NEW SYSTEM OF FOOD AND COOKERY.
- CLASS I.—FARINACEOUS, OR MEALY SUBSTANCES.
- DIVISION I.—BREAD.
- Section A.—Bread of the first order.
- Section B.—Bread of the second order.
- Section C.—Bread of the third kind.
- DIVISION II.—WHOLE GRAINS.
- Section A.—Boiled Grains.
- Section B.—Grains, etc., in other forms. They may be baked, parched, roasted, or torrefied.
- DIVISION III.—CAKES
- DIVISION IV.—PUDDINGS.
- Section A.—Hominy.
- Section B.—Puddings proper.
- DIVISION V.—PIES.
- CLASS II.—FRUITS.
- DIVISION I.—DOMESTIC FRUITS.
- Section A.—The large fruits—Apple, Pear, Peach, Quince, etc.
- Section B.—The smaller fruits. The Strawberry, Cherry, Raspberry, Currant, Whortleberry, Mulberry, Blackberry, Bilberry, etc.
- DIVISION II.—FOREIGN FRUITS.
- CLASS III.—ROOTS.
- DIVISION I.—MEALY ROOTS.
- Section A.—The Common Potato.
- Section B.—The Sweet Potato.
- DIVISION II.—SWEET AND WATERY ROOTS.
- CLASS IV.—MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES OF FOOD.
- FOOTNOTES:
- Fowler and Wells,
- Publishers of Scientific and Popular STANDARD WORKS,
- 308 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
- Works on Phrenology.
- American Phrenological Journal.
- Combe's Lectures on Phrenology;
- WORKS ON WATER CURE,
- PUBLISHED BY
- Fowler and Wells,
- 308 Broadway, New York.
- WORKS ON PHYSIOLOGY,
- PUBLISHED BY
- Fowler and Wells,
- 308 Broadway, New York.
- Miscellaneous.
- Mesmerism and Psychology.
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