An argument on behalf of the primitive diet of man ... / by Frederic R. Lees.

  • Lees, Frederic Richard, 1815-1897.
Date:
1857
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    Smith, Edw. Johnson, f Edw ARIAN ASSOCIATION. PRESIDENT: Simpson, Esq., Eox-hlD Bank, Accrington. VICE-PRESIDENTS: Bathgate. Alex. Drwaiu COMMITTEE: Wx, McGowan, f Aquila Kent. I Cath. Calderwood- George Bell. J. — Veacocx. | Agnes C. DswaR. SECRETARY: OFFICE: J. E. Edgar. Vegetarian Depot, 85, Dale Street. LONDON VEGETA-WAN ASSOCIATION. MANCHESTER AND SALFORD VEGETARIAN ASSOCIATION. PRESIDENT: Mr. Alderman Harvey, 8, Acton Square, Salford. PRESIDENT: James'Simpson, Esq. VICE-PRESIDENT. G.Y. ViETTiNOBOPP,Esq.M.D. TREASURER: /SECRETARY: Mr. George Dornbdsch. 1 Mr. J. G. Crawford. COMMITTEE: Mr. J. Bormond. I Mr. W. White. j Mr. Grove. Mr. J. Wallis. } Mr. C. R.Kino. f. OFFICE OF - THE ASSOCIATION. Vegetarian Cottage, Malvern Road, Dalston, LEEDS VEGETARIAN ASSOCIATION. PRESIDENT : James Simpson, Esq., Fox-hill Bank, Accrington. VICE-PRESIDENTS r TREASURER: Gboroe Perkin. | George Wilson. | JoseFh Thorp. COMMITTEES . Andrew Ainslbt. I Joseph Lccas. Wm.Brownbridob. I J. W.Gardner. SECRETARY: John Andrew, Jon., 14, Bisliopgate Street. COMMITTEE ; Thos. H. Barker. I John Holt. f Wm. Smith. ' Peter Foxcroft. J. E. Nelson. Eaton Smith. Beni. Hargrave. | J. D. Scholbfield. ,| J. W. Bepthnby. CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE: James Gaskill, Stretford Road, Hulme, Manchester. TREASURER: SECRETARY: Robert Milner* Mr. J. W. Bettenbt. RAWTENSTALL & CRAWSHAWBOOTH VEGETARIAN ASSOCIATION. PRESIDENT: Mr. John Chalk, Ho)mefleId,Rawtenstall. SECRETARY: Mr. Wm. Hoyle, Brook Mill, Crawsbawbooth. COMMITTEE: Henry Gill. I John PitLiNo. j William Chalk. Thomas Taylor. | R. Hardreaybe. J Thomas Nowsll.. Richard Tatlor. OBJEOT8. The objects sought to be .attained by 'the above Assiciations In their organisation and activities, coincide with those expressed in the Prospectus of the General Society, page 3. VEGETARIAN FACTS AND STATISTICS. TRUE THEORY OP NUTRITION. The faith placed in the superlative properties of the flesh of animals is prodigious. Let us see what Liebig states in relation to this. “Grain, and other nutritious vegetables, yield us, not only in starch, sugar, and gum, the carbon which protects our organs from the action of oxygen, and produces in the organism the heat which is essential to life, but also in tho form of vegetable fibrine, albumen, and caseine, our blood, from which the other parts of our body are developed. *” “These important products of vegetation are especially abundant in the seeds of the different kinds of grain, and of peas, beans, and lentils, and. in the roots and juices of what are commonly called vegetables. They exist, however,.in' alljilahte, without excep- tion, and in every tart of plants, in larger or smaller quantity.' Again :—Vegetable fibrine and animal fibrine, vegetable albu- men and aaim4 afbupien, hardly dtffcf, -even in form; if ttese principles be wanting in Xthe food,- jtye.AnU-ition^if.^Q animal i Tested; and. when they arc present, fin ^ fe^rgusliiiimal obtains,in its food the : the presence of f ttie-earntvora entirely Xt statement is very 5 smbered. ’“ Vegetables pp. 106,45,47, 48. produce in their organism, the blood of all animals, for the carnivora, in consuming the blood and flesh of the graminivora, consume, 6trictly speaking, only the vegetable prin- ciples which have served for the nutrition of the latter.” Liebig thus refers to the fact that the nutriment of flesh is the same as Chat of vegetable food, which is an answer to those who say that flesh contains some desirable quality that is not to be found in vegetables. Wnen you. eat flesh you do not get a superior article of nourishment, hut just what is in vegetables, merely the proxi- mate principles of vegetables transferred through the body of an animal.—Extract from the Speech of J. Simpson, Esa. COMPARATIVE VIEW OP THE DIOESTIBH.1TV O* CERTAIN ABTICI.ES USED AS FOOD.* H. M. j Barley Soup [ Bean Soup _ • -V - Soft ofeiled Bice Boiled Tapioca, Barley, Milk Bread (fresh) . Epge, variously cooked 1 Potatoes,Beans, Parsnips Custards uttpn Soup . Chicken 1!- s. i Boast Beef, Becl Steak • Boast Mutton ; Broiled Veal ] Boasted Duck Boasted Pork • From Dr. Bf*vmomt’s Experiments on Digestion. m