Disease / Matt Ridley.

  • Matt Ridley
Date:
1997
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Credit: Disease / Matt Ridley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    succulent fruit, as most refreshing to the mouth, inciting by the fruit-acid to a flow of sahva, without producing afterthirst. § 40 In the practical application of this dietetic treatment it is of the greatest assistance, to prevent the patient from being tempted by the example of others, when at table, perhaps by members of his or her own family, visitors or friends, who are not undergoing the same treatment. Yet for a patient to sit down alone, has again a distressing mental effect, and that wonderful assistance to the enjoyment of a meal, agree- able society and pleasing conversation, is completely lost. Whenever possible, the patient should have a companion to share the treatment, which morally and mentally facilitates submission to the strict dietetic rules. The effect of this treatment on the system is a wonderful feeling of buoyancy in mind and body, which, however, in the beginning of the treatment, is now and then interrupted by a feeling of depression and languor. These interrup- tions, never of long duration, appear at greater intervals as the treatment progresses, and cease altogether, when the system is cleared from the accumulated undigested and effete substances (Liebig's inflammable material). § 41 Should the circumstances of the case require it, the abstraction of water from the system can be accomplished by the aid of hot-air (Roman- or Turkish-) baths, which have
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