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gristle, reduced to mince meat in a chopper, 

 and tlien pressed into calces or meat balls, and 

 then broiled. According to Dr. Salisburj-'s the- 

 ory, man is two-thirds carnivorous and one- 

 third herbivorous: and his food should follow 

 the same proportions. In some countries — In- 

 dia for example — the people, in the course of 

 generations, have become herbivorous, and are 

 able to live on a purely vegetable diet: but. few 

 people can digest a purely vegetable or farina- 

 ceous diet in the United States. The doctor 

 holds that most diseases are caused by a long 

 course of eating improper foods which ferment 

 in the stomach or bowels, and do not properly 

 digest. His remedy is. first, to wash away of- 

 fending and offensive matters by taking a pint 

 or more of hot water at about a temperature of 

 110°. an hour before each meal, and the same 

 interval before bedtime. Then lie prescribes 

 an exclusive meat diet, or as nearly exclusive 

 as the patient can take it, forbidding sugary, 

 starchy foods, and any thing prone to easy fer- 

 mentation. Medicine is given, if necessary to 

 help digestion. With good digestion the sys- 

 tem begins to make good blood: and with a 

 supply of good blood, all the organs of the body 

 perform their functions well, and normal health 

 is restored. This, of course, is not done in a 

 day, for nature works slowly, and the result of 

 a long course of wrong living can not be cor- 

 rected by a short course of right living. In the 

 case of serious diseases, like, for instance, con- 

 sumption, it takes probably a year or two of 

 treatment to get thoroughly well: but the im- 

 provement usually begins at once; and the end, 

 if slow, is pretty certain. 



The doctor's" plan, you see, differs from the 

 one you describe, in that it is more extensive — 

 flushing the whole of the internal man, and not 

 simply the colon, though the latter is good so 

 far as it goes — and more natural. 



It may interest some of your I'eaders to know- 

 that Dr. Salisbury is an Ohio man, hailing. 

 I believe, from Cleveland, though now living 

 in New York, at 170 W. .i9th St. 



New York. March 7. E. Coxxoi-i.y. 



[My good friend, we are exceedingly glad to 

 hear something which comes so near being di- 

 rect from our old friend Dr. vSalisbury. Perhaps 

 I may remark, that I was at one time an enthu- 

 siastic patient of the doctor's — so much so, that, 

 for eighteen weeks. I scarcely ate so much as a 

 crumb of bread: thei'efore when anybody tells 

 you that a man can not live on animal food 

 alone you may know he is mistaken. At an 

 eai'ly period ofmy life, for almost four years I 

 ate only vegetable food. It were no more than 

 fair, however, to say that I used plenty of milk 

 and butter. I was a-t that time an ardent dis- 

 ciple of Fowler & Wells. In regard to animal 

 or vegetable diet, my opinion is, that the great 

 Father has given us a system so adapted to a 

 variety of foods that nature can, without much 

 effort, get along with eitlier the one or the 

 other: and I believe there are times, or special 

 conditions of the system when either the one or 

 the other almost "exclusively may be a benefit: 

 and I think one marked benefit I received in 

 both cases was that I got so tired of my food 

 that I was very certain not to overload the 

 stomach: and I believe that almost everyone 

 who is ailing may receive benefit by eating 

 sparingly. Find out. by careful experiment, 

 just how much food is needed to enable you to 

 get along comfortably, and then stop right 

 square off when this limit is reached, always 

 remembering that too little is far safer than too 

 much. Hot water, taken in large quantities a 

 full hour before meals, is many times an excel- 

 lent thing. For myself, however, I greatly 

 prefer it in the shape of hot lemonade. My 



good friend Dr. Salisbury, however, with most 

 patients, would bid them omit the sugar part of 

 the above beverage. 



I beg pardon for my pleasantry in regard to 

 feeding patients hot water: for if anybody 

 knows that Dr. Salisbury chooses for his pa- 

 tients the most concentrated and hearty food 

 there is to be found. I certainly ought to. 

 Hot water of itself, without any other diet, 

 would probablv prove to be a rather " thin " 

 food.] " 



INTERNAL BATHING— I.S A CAUTION NEEDKD? 



Regarding your suggestions in regard to th(^ 

 use of water in cleansing the body internally, I 

 should like to inquire whether, the use of water 

 once adopted, it is not necessary to persist in 

 it always thereafter. I have been told of cases 

 in which defecation has not occurred for years 

 without the use of water. H. M. Whkei.ock. 



Fergus Falls. Minn.. March 14. 



[Friend W., two or three physicians have de- 

 clared that there is danger in the way you in- 

 dicate. I am inclined to think, however, that 

 there can not be \'ery much danger, for we have 

 testimonies now from hundreds who have used 

 it for from several months to several years: and 

 I myself have used it daily for a week or two. 

 and then stopped, and I did not experience any 

 difificulfcy in the line you indicate.] 



'• TIIHOW PHYSIC TO THE DOGS." 



[I have several times felt that I should like to 

 be able to cleanse the whole small intestines, in 

 the same way we cleanse the colon. A good 

 friend who has been for many years an invalid 

 gives us a suggestion in this line in the commu- 

 nication below:] 



In Gleanings for March 1st I notice a clear 

 statement of the drugless remedy, and the ben- 

 efits to be derived by its use. I have been a 

 great sufferer from sick-headache, having it 

 frequently, sometimes every week, and lasting 

 three and four days, without intermission — one 

 of the three or four days, often unfit for any 

 business, or even to see a friend. My ailment 

 was not like yours. Bro. Root— diarrhea, but 

 the opposite — constipation — and of the most ob- 

 stinate natui-e. so that pills and drugs of all 

 kinds, thought to be h(>lpful. were resorted to. 

 I was also very careful as to the regimen of 

 diet. These generally gave some temporary 

 relief: but after a while, each in turn would, 

 in a great measure, lose its power, until I had 

 almost given up all hoi)e of having any com- 

 fortable degree of health in this life. 



When I heard of this "new method of treat- 

 ing disease without medicine " I gave it a 

 thorough practical test. With me it did its 

 work )rcU just as you described, but did only 

 half of the work. While the colon was cleans- 

 ed, and apparently entirely relieved, the small 

 intestines remained in their dormant and con- 

 sequently diseased condition. I tnld our faith- 

 ful family physician ray dithculty, and it is f(ir 

 the sake of giving to any who have suffered as 

 I have, the benefit of his reply that I now write 

 this article. 



Take a hearty drink of water, cold or warm 

 (warm is best) on retiring at night. And as soon 

 as you rise in the morning, use flaxseed (that 

 which is not ground is best): pick all the 

 straws or other refuse mattei' out of it. of 

 course. Eat enough of it so that the bowels 

 will liave a free natural movement. It may 

 take three tablespoonfuls — with others, much 

 more, even to a pint a day. Be sure to take 

 enough: it can not do any hurt. It will cleanse 

 the stomach: and. as it passes the small intes- 

 tines, will clear thi'in; then, entering the colon. 



