How nature cures : comprising a new system of hygiene also the natural food of man a statement of the principal arguments against the use of bread, cereals, pulses, potatoes, and all other starch foods / by Emmet Densmore.

  • Densmore, Emmet, 1837-1911.
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[1892], ©1892
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Credit: How nature cures : comprising a new system of hygiene also the natural food of man a statement of the principal arguments against the use of bread, cereals, pulses, potatoes, and all other starch foods / by Emmet Densmore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Advantages of a fruit diet Confirmed by Herbert Spencer . Bread insipid, fruit wholesome Vital force saved by proper food . Drs. Fothergill and Holbrook confirm Grapes instead of bread CHAPTER XI. CONFIRMATORY PROOFS—COMPARATIVE ANATOMY. Testimony of Huxley and Haeckel Proven by the microscope Many traits in common Diet of long armed apes Why the gorilla eats seeds Apes do not use cereals Man's stomach unchanged by evolution .... Comparative anatomy—A table CHAPTER XII. CONFIRMATORY PROOFS—FRUITS AND NUTS VERSUS CEREALS. Necessity stimulates development A Divine plan The fig a food of the ancients The vine and the date .... Humboldt and Linnaeus on the date . Arabia's national food .... Bananas in many countries . Prolific yield of the banana—Humboldt Importance of oil Longevity of the olive .... Productiveness of the Brazil nut . Fruits superior to cereals A splendid prospect .... CHAPTER XIII. VALUE OF FOREST TREES. Effect of trees on climate Result of destroying trees . Effect on the rainfall Cereal raising destroys trees Results following fruit raising Trees increase available fertility 321 322 323 324 325 326 328 329 33° 33i 332 333 334 335 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 34< 35 35 35 35 35 35 CHAPTER XIV. IN LINE WITH PROGRESS. Manifold drawbacks to cereals Fourier on hours of labour .