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CHAPTER III.
INFERENCES FROM THE SENSATIONS OF SIGHT, SMELL, AND TASTE.
Man dependant on Instinct in the Selection of Food........
Sight, Smell, and Taste would direct him to Fruit
CHAPTER IV.
PREPARATION OF ANIMALS FOR FOOD.
Fire, and Implements for Killing and Preparing Animals
Summary of Previous Evidence
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Natural Food of Man not determined by Climate but by Structure
General Characteristics of Carnivorous and Herbivorous Animals
Proper Mode of proceeding in the Inquiry....
Teeth-Incisors, Cuspids, Bicuspids, Molars
Articulation of the Lower Jaw...
Zygomatic Arch, Temporal and Masseter Muscles.
Salivary Glands.......
Alimentary Canal-Stomach, Colon, Cocum, and Liver
General Review of the Organs
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CHAPTER II.
MAN (STRICTLY SPEAKING) NOT OMNIVOROUS.
Intermediate Character of Man's Digestive Organs
The Gastric Juice varies according to the Food......
Organs in which Man differs from other Animals.
Questionable whether any Animal be strictly Omnivorous
The Quadrumana and their Food
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Opinions of Linnæus, Cuvier, Lawrence, Bell, and others..
Two Objections answered
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Animals trained to live upon and relish Improper Food
Difference between Adaptation and Adaptability
Improvements of Art inferior to Nature.
Province of the Intellectual Faculties...
PHYSIOLOGY OF SIGHT, SMELL, AND TASTE
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SENSITIVE AND MORAL FEELINGS OF MAN.
Slaughtering of Animals opposed to the Exercise of Benevolence and
Cases in which Man is justified in Destroying Animals.
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OBJECTIONS:-
Why were Oxen, Sheep, &c., created, if not for the Use of Man?.. 125
If Animals be not killed, they will become too numerous..
How could the Land be cultivated without Animal Manure?
The Sum-Total of Animal Pleasure is increased by Breeding and
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Killing Animals for Food..
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Part FEE.
BEST FOOD OF MAN.
CHAPTER I.
VEGETABLES CONTAIN ALL THE ELEMENTS AND QUALITIES NECESSARY
FOR THE COMPLETE NUTRITION OF MAN.
Processes of Decay and Nutrition
Azotized and Non-azotized Principles of Food
Various Sources of Nitrogen to the Herbivora, &c.
Man can be supported by Non-azotized Food.....
Food of the Carnivora and Herbivora.
Nutritive Matter in various Articles of Diet
Convertibility of Starch into Fat, Protein, &c.
Benefits resulting to Man from the Action of the Atmosphere on
Non-azotized Principles
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A Mixed Diet does not contain the Best Proportions of Starch,
Gluten, &c.
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Food should vary according to the Character of the Digestive Organs 163
Time in which Various Articles are converted into Chyme
Variety of Food not so necessary as a due Admixture of Nutritious
Various Ancient and Modern Nations have lived on Vegetable Pro-
ductions.....
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Mistaken Notions on this Subject. Stimulation not Strength...... 199
More Oxygen required when Animal Food is taken
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Protracted Labour endured better on a Vegetable than on an Animal
Diet
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Instances of Strength in Herbivorous and Frugivorous Animals.... 204
Instances of Strength in Nations and Individuals who have lived on
Vegetables
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CHAPTER V.
CLIMATE AND TEMPERATURE.
A greater Degree of Cold may be sustained on Vegetable Diet.. 233
Reasons which induce some to think otherwise
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CHAPTER VI.
INFLUENCE OF AZOTIZED FOOD IN PRODUCING CERTAIN DISEASES.
On what the States of Health and Disease depend......
Opinions of Medical Writers on the Production of Disease
Recent Origin of Certain Diseases
Production and Retention of Various Acids in the System
Lithic Acid Diathesis; including Gout, Calculi, &c..........
Dr. W. Tyler Smith's Opinion respecting Scrofula, &c.
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Professor Liebig, Dr. Bence Jones, Dr. Prout, and Dr. Golding Bird,
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Utility of Exercise under a highly Azotized Diet ...
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Direct Injuries caused by the Flesh and Milk of Animals...
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Caries of the Teeth produced by Animal Food
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Decay of the Teeth more common now than formerly.
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Its Effects in cases of Scrofula, Scurvy, Epilepsy, Dysentery, and
Inflammation
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Two remarkable cases of Ulcers cured by Fruit, &c........
Unnecessary Alarms of Persons commencing Vegetable Diet
Fevers, Epidemics, and Accidents, less Fatal on a Vegetable Diet.. 294
Extreme Debility no Obstacle to the adoption of a Fruit and Fari-
nacious Diet
CHAPTER IX.
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VEGETABLE DIET PROTECTIVE AGAINST EPIDEMICS.
Wallachians, Brahmins, Otaheitans, Negroes, and Mexican Indians.. 299