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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Water and vegetable diet in consumption, scrofula, cancer, asthma, and other chronic diseases. In which the advantages of pure soft water over that which is hard are particularly considered; together with a great variety of facts and arguments showing the superiority of the farinacea and fruits to animal food in the preservation of health |
| Reference | 79681.O |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Date | 1852 |
| Author | Lambe, William |
| Publisher / Printer / Lithographer | Fowlers and Wells |
| Place of Creation | New York; Boston |
| Description | By William Lambe, M.D. fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London. With notes and additions by Joel Shew, M.D. |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | General Cures; Botanic Medicine |
| Keywords | diet, plants, water, tuberculosis, cancer, asthma, disease, animals, medicine, food, fever, nourishment, weakness, spots, headache, indigestion, constipation, depression, gout, debility, cough, paralysis, tumour, rheumatism, jaundice, insomnia, leucorrhoea, nerves |
| Parts of the Body | digestive organs, respiratory system, reproductive organs, skin, head, liver, limb |
| Additional Information | Fowlers and Wells published five editions of Lambe's treatise between 1850 and 1855. Copies doubtless accompanied members of the Vegetarian Settlement Company and the Vegetarian Kansas Emigration Company, who in 1855, with encouragement from Fowlers & Weels and their associates, sought to establish vegetarian colonies in remote Kansas. |
| Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Library Company of Philadelphia’s catalogue, and 'An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform', compiled by Christopher Hoolihan. |
| Copyright | The Library Company of Philadelphia |