Oberlin and Swartz.--James
Haughton.--John Bailies.--Francis Hupazoli.--Prof.
Ferguson.--Howard, the Philanthropist.--Gen.
Elliot.--Encyclopedia Americana.--Thomas Bell, of
London.--Linnaeus, the Naturalist.--Shelley, the Poet.--Rev.
Mr. Rich.--Rev. John Wesley.--Lamartine, 176-222

CHAPTER VII.

SOCIETIES AND COMMUNITIES ON THE VEGETABLE SYSTEM.

The Pythagoreans.--The Essenes.--The Bramins.--Society of Bible
Christians.--Orphan Asylum of Albany.--The Mexican
Indians.--School in Germany.--American Physiological
Society, 223-235

CHAPTER VIII.

VEGETABLE DIET DEFENDED.

General Remarks on the Nature of the Argument.--1. The
Anatomical Argument.--2. The Physiological Argument.--3. The
Medical Argument.--4. The Political Argument.--5. The
Economical Argument.--6. The Argument from Experience.--7. The
Moral Argument.--Conclusion, 236-296

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VEGETABLE COOKERY.

CLASS I.

FARINACEOUS OR MEALY SUBSTANCES.

Bread of the first order.--Bread of the second order.--Bread of
the third kind.--Boiled Grains.--Grains in other forms--baked,
parched, roasted, or torrefied.--Hominy.--Puddings proper,
291-308

CLASS II.

FRUITS.

The large fruits--Apple, Pear, Peach, Quince, etc.--The smaller
fruits--Strawberry, Cherry, Raspberry, Currant, Whortleberry,
Mulberry, Blackberry, Bilberry, etc., 308-309

CLASS III.

ROOTS.

The Common Potato.--The Sweet Potato, 309-311

CLASS IV.

MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES OF FOOD.

Buds and Young Shoots.--Leaves and Leaf Stalks.--Cucurbitaceous
Fruits.--Oily Seeds, etc., 311-312

VEGETABLE DIET.

CHAPTER I.

ORIGIN OF THIS WORK.

Experience of the Author, and his Studies.--Pamphlet in
1832.--Prize Question of the Boylston Medical
Committee.--Collection of Materials for an Essay.--Dr.
North.--His Letter and Questions.--Results.

Twenty-three years ago, the present season, I was in the first stage of
tuberculous consumption, and evidently advancing rapidly to the second.
The most judicious physicians were consulted, and their advice at length
followed. I commenced the practice of medicine, traveli