[CONTENTS]

Volume II
Lesson VIIIPage
Foods of Vegetable Origin[287]
Grains[289]
Uses of Grains:
(1) Grain as a Source of Energy[295]
(2) Grain as a Source of Nitrogen[297]
(3) Grain as a Remedial Food[298]
Nuts[300]
Peanuts[306]
Legumes[307]
Fruits[308]
Classification of Fruits according to acidity[313]
Vegetables[317]
Classification of Vegetables[319]
Sugars and Sirups[324]
Beet-Sugar[325]
Honey[330]
Confections[332]
Vegetable Oils[335]
Lesson IX
Drugs, Stimulants, and Narcotics[341]
Alkaloids and Narcotics[349]
Opium[350]
Cocain 353
Nux Vomica and Strychnin[356]
Quinin[356]
Acetanilid[357]
Tobacco[361]
Coffee[363]
Tea[365]
Cocoa and Chocolate[366]
Alcohols and Related Compounds[367]
Alcohol[367]
Chloroform, Ether, and Chloral 372
Poisonous Mineral Salts and Acids[373]
Mercury[373]
Potassium Iodid[374]
Lead and Copper[375]
Purgatives and Cathartics[375]
Lesson X
Importance of Correct Diagnosis and Correct Treatment[379]
Lesson XI
Common Disorders—Their Cause and Cure[403]
Health and Dis-ease Defined[405]
Overeating[413]
Superacidity[418]
The Cause[420]
The Symptoms[421]
The Remedy[423]
Fermentation (Superacidity)[424]
The Cause[425]
The Symptoms[426]
The Remedy[428]
Gas Dilatation[431]
The Symptoms[432]
Importance of Water-drinking[434]
Constipation[434]
The Cause[434]
The Remedy[436]
Foods that May Be Substituted for One Another[439]
Constipating and Laxative Food[446]
Constipating and Laxative Beverages[446]
Gastritis[447]
The Cause[449]
The Symptoms[449]
The Remedy[450]
Nervous Indigestion[453]
The Cause[454]
The Symptoms[455]
The Remedy[458]
Subacidity[460]
The Cause[461]
The Symptoms[462]
The Remedy[463]
Biliousness[465]
The Cause[466]
The Symptoms[466]
The Remedy[466]
Cirrhosis of the Liver[467]
The Cause[467]
The Symptoms[468]
The Treatment[469]
Piles or Hemorrhoids[471]
The Cause[471]
The Symptoms[472]
The Treatment[472]
Diarrhea[474]
The Cause[474]
The Treatment[476]
Emaciation or Underweight[477]
The Cause[478]
The Symptoms[481]
The Remedy[482]
Obesity or Overweight[491]
The Cause[493]
The Remedy[495]
Neurasthenia[503]
The Cause[505]
The Symptoms[506]
The Remedy[506]
Malnutrition[511]
Cause and Remedy[511]
Locomotor Ataxia[511]
The Cause[511]
The Symptoms[514]
The Remedy[515]
Colds, Catarrh, Hay Fever, Asthma, Influenza[519]
Colds—The Cause[520]
The Symptoms[521]
The Remedy[523]
Catarrh—The Cause[527]
The Symptoms[528]
The Remedy[528]
Hay Fever—The Cause[530]
The Symptoms[531]
The Remedy[531]
Asthma—The Cause[533]
The Symptoms[533]
The Remedy[534]
Influenza—The Cause[536]
The Symptoms[537]
The Remedy[537]
Insomnia[538]
The Cause[538]
The Remedy[539]
Rheumatism[543]
Rheumatism—The Cause[544]
The Symptoms[545]
Gout—The Cause[546]
The Symptoms[547]
Rheumatism, Gout—The Remedy[547]
Bright's Dis-ease[550]
The Cause[551]
The Symptoms[551]
The Remedy[552]
Diabetes[556]
The Cause[556]
The Symptoms[557]
The Remedy[557]
Consumption[560]
The Treatment[564]
Heart Trouble[569]
The Cause[571]
The Remedy[573]
Dis-eases of the Skin[574]
The Cause[575]
The Treatment[578]
Appendicitis[580]
The Symptoms[582]
The Treatment[583]
Chronic or Severe Cases of Appendicitis[586]

[LESSON VIII]

Foods of Vegetable Origin

GRAINS

Grains constitute the most important article of human food, not so much on account of their superior nutritive, curative or remedial value, but chiefly because of their prolific growth and abundant production in all civilized countries throughout the world.