Health, beauty and the toilet : letters to ladies from a lady doctor / by (the late) Anna Kingsford.

  • Anna Kingsford
Date:
1889
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Credit: Health, beauty and the toilet : letters to ladies from a lady doctor / by (the late) Anna Kingsford. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    may put a small pinch of bicarbonate of soda. But do not drink more than half a tumbler full of liquid at any repast; in fact, the less liquid you consume, thf better. Drinking notoriously increases corpulence, especially if indulged in between meals. The mineral waters of Chatel Guy on are said to be efficacious against obesity; and the Friedrichshall bitter water, Tarasp, iEseulap and Hunyadi Janos are recommended for the same purpose. Probably their beneficial action is chiefly owing to their aperient qualities, for no habit of body so surely promotes obesity as that of constipation. If you are subject to this complaint, I recommend you to make a practice of taking, every morning before you leave your room, instead of tea, which is astringent, a plateful of stewed prunes, soaked figs, or ripe pears. Green vegetables you may eat at discretion, but potatoes, on account of the large quantity of starchy matter they contain, should be wholly excluded from your dietary. White fish, grilled or baked (not salmon or cod), raw fruit, salad, pickles, and vegetables, such as tomatoes and herbaceous legumes, should form the staple of your food. Vinegar and oil may enter largely into your salad-dressing, and your dishes may, if you like, be flavoured with onion, sage, mint, or parsley. I do not think you will be inclined to partake too freely of suclj aliments as these, so it is hardly necessary, my dear Julia, to counsel you against over-indulgence as to quantity. If you find it necessary, however, to add more substantial dishes to your menu, you may eat about five or six ounces daily of game or poultry, pre- ferably cold. All forms of pork, ham, and bacon must be scrupulously avoided. Dr. Ebstein, who is an authority on corpulence, does
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