Banting in India : with some remarks on diet and things in general / by Joshua Duke.

  • Duke, Joshua, 1847-
Date:
1885
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Credit: Banting in India : with some remarks on diet and things in general / by Joshua Duke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    restricted the amount and paid attention to the quality, of his food, he might even now be enjoying robust health, as the ruler or President of the French Nation. One Prevention is far better than many Cures. If the principles contained in this pamphlet were more generally appreciated by men while young, strong, and slim, especially by those who have any hereditary tendency to corpulency, there would be fewer “ P'at Paunches and lean Pates.” Our increased knowledge on this subject, especially since Professor Ebstein has shown the fallacy of the old idea that fat and butter produce fat ; now render, I believe, the adoption of these diets quite harmless, while they allow of a far greater variety in the choice of food. The present compilation* has been entirely re-written, and it is hoped that the new matter now added in the body, as well as in the appendix of the work, may render it acceptable to the general public as well as to the members of my own profession. J. D. Srinagar, Kashmir, India ; October ist, 1884. * The authorities referred to are ; Parkes, Pavy, Edward Smith, Letheby, Tanner, Ebstein,
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