Fasting for the cure of disease
Linda Burfield Hazzard, F. S., D. O.
FASTING FOR
THE CURE OF
DISEASE
(Fourth edition)
by
Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard
Published by
The Physical Culture Publising
Company
New York City, U. S. A.
copyright
1908
1910
1912
All rights of foreign translation reserved.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | ||
| Preface | 11 | ||
| I. | Fasting | 17 | |
| II. | Starvation | 27 | |
| III. | When and Why to Fast | 34 | |
| IV. | Preparation for the Fast | 49 | |
| V. | Symptoms | 61 | |
| VI. | The Duration of the Fast | 91 | |
| VII. | Breaking the Fast | 103 | |
| VIII. | The Enema | 115 | |
| IX. | Food and Disease | 131 | |
| X. | Rest and Elimination | 143 | |
| XI. | Auxiliaries in Fasting | 153 | |
| XII. | Diet | 169 | |
| XIII. | Mental and Bodily Reaction | 187 | |
| XIV. | Children in the Fast | 203 | |
| XV. | Sexual Diseases and the Fast | 219 | |
| XVI. | Difficulties in Conducting the Fast | 231 | |
| XVII. | Cures by Fasting | 251 | |
| XVIII. | Death in the Fast | 293 | |
| XIX. | Schools of Natural Healing | 341 | |
| Glossary | 347 | ||
| Linda Burfield Hazzard, D.O., F.S. | Frontispiece |
| Mrs. J. Case of Obesity . | Following Page 30 |
| Mrs. J., at End of Thirty four Day Fast | Preceding Page 31 |
| J. G. Case of Addiction to Drugs | Following Page 42 |
| J. G. Six Months After Completion of Fast | Preceding Page 43 |
| R. J. Case of Malnutrition and Spinal Curvature | Facing Page 67 |
| Alimentary Canal | ""209 |
| B. H. Case of Intestinal Disorder in One-year-old Child | ""209 |
| R. M. Case of Bronchial Pneumonia in Four-year-old Child | ""213 |
| A. H. Case of Serious Chronic Stomach Disease | ""277 |
| Mrs. E. S. Case of Biliousness During Pregnancy | ""280 |
| Two Fasting Subjects F. T. and J. T. | ""284 |
Appetite is Craving; Hunger is Desire. Craving is never satisfied; but Desire is relieved when Want is Supplied.
Eating without Hunger, or pandering to Appetite at the expense of Digestion, makes Disease inevitable.
Some, as thou saws't, by violent stroke shall die, By fire, flood, famine; by intemperance more In meats and drinks, which on the Earth shall bring Diseases dire, of which a monstrous crew Before thee shall appear, that thou mays't know What misery the inabstinence of Eve Shall bring on men.
If thou well observe - The rule of "Not too much" by temperance taught In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight. Till many years over thy head return; So may'st thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease Gathered, not harshly plucked, for death mature. John Milton, "Paradise Lost." xv
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