FRUITS AND FARINACEA THE PROPER FOOD OF MAN; BEING AN ATTEMPT TO PROVE, FROM HISTORY, ANATOMY, Parcite, mortales, dapibus temerare nefandis Corpora. Sunt fruges: sunt deducentia ramos Pondere poma suo, tumidæque in vitibus uvæ: Sunt herbæ dulces: sunt, quæ mitescere flamma Mollirique queant.-OVIDIUS. COULTAS, PRINTER, YORK. ΤΟ WILLIAM LAMBE, Esq., M.D., FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. Dear Sir, I cannot more appropriately dedicate this volume, than to one who has manifested such talent, zeal, and perseverance in the defence of a Fruit and Farinaceous Diet. That you may long continue to enjoy the health and happiness which have hitherto been the reward of your simple and natural mode of living, is the fervent wish of MALTON, June 12, 1815. Yours sincerely, JOHN SMITH, |