Strength and diet : a practical treatise with special regard to the life of nations / by the Hon. R. Russell.

  • Rollo Russell
Date:
1905
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    porridge, two tablespoonfuls of plasmon, the yolk of an egg ; for dinner, a small plate of three vegetables, three dessertspoonfuls of brown bread crumbs, a small plate of milk or fruit pudding; for supper, a cupful of barley-water, with a dessertspoonful of carnos, six slices of thin bread and butter, two roasted apples. This costs eightpence a day. No tea, coffee, or cocoa, or condiment. He has never had a headache or any serious illness. He had taken no intoxicants for seventy-two years, no flesh or fish for sixty-two years, and never any tobacco. Mr. Thomas, seventy-nine, and of great energy, eats largely bread and jam, about one egg daily, plain vegetables, and very weak tea. Whole wheat is very useful in cases of anaemia. (See Bunge’s Experiments.) “It is remarkable that wherever we find a race of men retaining primitive milling customs, or living on uncorrupted grain food, we find their teeth strong and free from decay.” Mr. Albert Carter, surgeon-dentist, related some years ago that he found the natives of the Punjab and North-West Provinces, whether Hindoo, Sikhs, Punjabees, Afghans, or Goorkas, had splendid teeth. Brahmin skulls found on the banks of the Ganges showed no case of general dental decay such as he was acquainted with at home. In Ceylon, the native Singalese had good teeth, the children of European parents had dreadfully bad teeth. In Australia, the aborigines had splendid teeth, the colonial population very bad teeth. Edwin Cox, licentiate in dental surgery, ascribes teeth degeneracy to white bread. [Hot tea, etc., frequently accompanies poor food.] With good whole-meal bread, says Mr. Broadbent, 22
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