Consumption : its prevention and cure by the water treatment : with advice concerning haemorrhage from the lungs, coughs, colds, asthma, bronchitis, and sore throat / by Joel Shew.

  • Shew, Joel, 1816-1855.
Date:
1851
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Credit: Consumption : its prevention and cure by the water treatment : with advice concerning haemorrhage from the lungs, coughs, colds, asthma, bronchitis, and sore throat / by Joel Shew. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INTRODUCTION. Is addition to what has been said concerning diet, as a means of prevention and cure of consumption, and its kin- dred diseases, in the work now presented to the public, the author Avishes here to call more especial attention to the subject. The common belief among the civilized and enlightened nations of the earth, is, that man is, by nature, an omnivo- rous, or all-eating animal; that, in a state of pure nature, if such a state can be conceived of, he eats naturally, and with benefit, of flesh, fish, fowl, farinacea, fruits, and roots, according to his inclination, and the circumstances in which he is placed. The practice of the civilized world is in ac- cordance with its belief, with this exception, that in many parts, as, for example, France and Germany, the poorer portion of the population, which also constitutes by far the most numerous part, must of necessity subsist almost en- tirely on the vegetable productions of the earth. It may, indeed, be stated, that the manual labor of the world is done mainly on the strength gained from vegetable food. But this practice arises merely from the necessity of the case. The poor are not able to obtain animal food, be- cause of its scarcity, and higher price. If we look at man in the light of comparative anatomy, we find that his teeth do not at all resemble those of the omnivorous hog, or of any other omnivorous animal we can find. True, he has what is called a canine tooth; but this is merely a transition from the double to the single teeth, and is possessed by other animals, which are well known to be herbivorous, equally with man. On the oilier hand, too,