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 the one-food people who are in continual search of what not to devour, and who would reduce the universe to whole wheat and pecans. By these, at each encounter with their fellowmen, are discovered disease symptoms identical with their own, for which the same remedy is insisted upon and perhaps applied. It is absurd for any who are not familiar with the chemistry of foods to endeavor to talk learnedly of their action in human economy, and it may be taken as an axiom that, within the individual capacity, which can be known only by individual experiment, a diet limited in variety to not more than three proportioned items at each meal is more conducive to health than unlimited choice or a single dish. A list that is strictly limited to few things trains the stomach to adapt itself accordingly, and eventually trouble ensues when change is attempted.

After all, the amount of food and the kind thereof are of secondary importance to the physical condition of the digestive apparatus of the subject. It must continually be borne in mind that the state of the digestive organs is the crux of the whole situation. Therein lies health or illness. The aim of physician and of patient should constantly be directed at the restoration of the system to