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bread and potatoes." I admitted my fondness for these 

 articles of food. "Renounce them and all other forms of 

 starch, which you must replace by fruit and green vegetables, 

 and you will lose your rheumatism, your indigestion, your 

 funk, and your corporation in a very short time." I grate- 

 fully thanked him, acted upon his advice, got rid of the 

 ailments that had made my life a burden, and have kept 



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FIG. 4. An Off-day. 



[M. H. H. 



fit and well for the last six years, thanks to Dr. Rabagliati. 

 Having gone through a good deal of mental and physical 

 training in my life, self-denial as regards food and drink, 

 short of starvation and thirst, does not come hard on me, 

 so I can take no credit for keeping on the muzzle with 

 respect to starch. Yet I have met lots of people who 

 prefer to remain rheumatic, obese, dyspeptic, nervous, and 

 a nuisance to themselves, if not to other people, than to 



