New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-23

This bookcase and removed a large volume
which he opened at A certain page, ana
! continued: "Furthermore. Professor emit
! teuden's book seems TO have been written
/ particularly to reform tire poor in the mat
/ for OF diet Hear how he warns the rich
! against intomperance at the table only IN
! cldeutally. DR. Hunt reads For the rlcn,
as well as for the poor. there is need for
careful consideration OF this question of
int.mperanco I'm the daily dietary"
ware the intoxicating red juice Of rare
roast beef" | chsntcd.
| yes" tho doctor remarked dryly. roast
/ beef is rare TO tine poor, nearly as much
go az wine"
/ Then he wont on: "But just for argyll
ment's sake lot us assume that Professor
/ Ch,tendcn IS rlght-that body equilibrium
/ can be maintained on half our present in
take. Accordingly. well imagine that both
I rich and poor nourish Themselves and their
/ their children 'cconomically' Then, BY the
| hypothesis. which postulatos as the result
/ Of tho lower diet exact hody>oquilibrium.
/ the children would not grow and the adults
would not further develop. For II is cor
/ tain that no living organism can develop
without a surplus of nutrmcut.
And. strictly. tho above suppositlon IL
moro than Professor Chittendsu claims:
, for he does not contend that even equi-
Ubrum Is maintained at first on lower
/ diet than has uocn CUSTOMARY. He ac-
. kuoUlcIgos and his experiments with
! healthy subjects Prove that for some time
! there Is a gradual loss Of body weight:
| this sigufying that there has been going
on a general dimnution I'm tho size Of all
/ the organs. probably including the brain.
so the case Is really worse than We
! have supposed. for We're the half-diet
/ scheme adopted universally by people.
/ there would need 10 be a national general
deterioration before equilibrium would be
once more established. In other words,
any people practising this extraordinary
dictctic concert would first deteriorate in
! both body and brain. and then remain in
/ definitely at their lowered standard. Nor
could they come back without great diff
Gculty; for once the organs were de-
/ Perforated through less use, they could
/ hardly be trained up TO their former
/ efficiency.
when We consider that. according TO
Herbert Spencer the growth of an animal
depends ON the abundance and size OF the
/ masses of nutriment which It's powers en-
! able il 10 appropriate We ought TO APP
prsciate the supreme Importance of not in
the least weakening these powers.
Before we acquiesce in the economy
/ in-nutriton theory we must first admit it
! 10 be desirable for men, and for succeeding
/ generations Of men, to retrograde In both
! height and weight; and that |, for one.
will not admit. The effect Of Professor
( Chittenden's diet system on himself was
/ 10 reduce his weight from l8 pounds-a
normal weight for his heght-to 10
pounds subnormal weight
"The next question that arises DR.. Hunt
! continued lis that of the relative suscept-
! bnlty of the III nourshed 10 disease. Now
every physician knows that full stomach
/ is great protection against contagious
and infectious diseases. and that good req
| blood will sooner overcome an Illness. II 1t
should take hold. than will poor blood-the
! effect OF poor diet \ body hungry for