{"id":13565,"date":"2015-08-05T16:13:56","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T23:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/?p=13565"},"modified":"2016-07-24T03:18:40","modified_gmt":"2016-07-24T10:18:40","slug":"abandoning-all-animal-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Abandoning All Animal Food &#8211; Vegan Advocacy From The 1840s"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_75 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#%E2%80%98abandoning_all_animal_food_consuming_nothing_which_has_an_animal_source_100_vegetarian_vegan\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\"  >&#8216;..abandoning all animal food..&#8217;\u00a0= consuming nothing\u00a0which has an animal source = 100% vegetarian = vegan<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Some_Very_Pleasant_History\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\"  >Some Very Pleasant History<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Discussions_of_Vegan_Advocacy_from_the_1840s\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\"  >Discussions of Vegan Advocacy from the 1840s\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#An_1851_Article_by_R_T_Trall\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\"  >An 1851 Article by R. T. Trall<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Russell_Thacher_%E2%80%98R_T_Tralls_%E2%80%93_autographed_1860s_Carte_de_Visite\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\"  >Russell Thacher &#8216;R. T.&#8217; Trall&#8217;s &#8211; autographed\u00a01860s\u00a0Carte de Visite.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#The_original_is_in_the_Ernest_Bell_Library\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\"  >The original is in the Ernest Bell Library.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#The_article_appeared_in_an_Almanac_published_in_London_UK_in_1851\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\"  >The article appeared in\u00a0an Almanac published in London, UK in 1851<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#%E2%80%93_by_the_London_UK_based_vegan_William_Horsell\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\"  >&#8211; by the London, UK based vegan, William Horsell.\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#William_Horsell_London_c1857_%E2%80%93_source\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\"  >William Horsell, London, c.1857 &#8211; source.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#In_this_article_Trall_is_discussing_%E2%80%93_Vincenz_Priessnitz_%E2%80%93_at_his_hydro-cure_water_therapy_clinic_in_Europe_during_the_1840s_%E2%80%93_advising_his_patients_to_be_eat_no_animal_foods_whatsoever\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\"  >In this article Trall is discussing &#8211; Vincenz Priessnitz\u00a0&#8211; at his hydro-cure \/ water therapy clinic in Europe during the 1840s &#8211;\u00a0advising his patients to be eat no animal foods whatsoever.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Persons_names_are_marked_in_red_expanded_on_%E2%80%93_below\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\"  >Persons&#8217; names are marked in red &amp; expanded on &#8211; below.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Any_words_or_phrases_marked_in_brown_%E2%80%93_we_will_also_expand_on_%E2%80%93_below_%E2%80%93_%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6because_some_are_archaic_no_longer_used_in_modern_English\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\"  >Any words or phrases marked in brown\u00a0&#8211; we will also expand on &#8211; below &#8211; &#8230;&#8230;because some are archaic \/ no longer used in modern English.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Excerpt_%E2%80%93\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\"  >Excerpt &#8211;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#_%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6according_with_the_more_profound_investigations_of_Graham_Lambe_and_other_dietetic_reformers_He_gives_them_to_understand_in_general_terms_that_the_more_simple_and_plain_their_food_the_sooner_they_may_expect_to_recover_health_He_tells_them_that_coarse_unconcentrated_food_is_the_best_eaten_cool_or_cold_that_brown_or_unbolted_meal_is_far_preferable_to_fine_or_superfine_for_the_farinaceous_part_of_their_diet_he_teaches_them_that_the_most_rapid_and_perfect_cures_are_made_by_abandoning_all_animal_food_that_simple_brown_bread_and_pure_water_are_sufficient_in_themselves_for_perfect_nutrition_and_then_leaves_them_to_their_own_responsibility\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\"  >~ &#8230;&#8230;according with the more profound investigations of Graham, Lambe, and other dietetic reformers. He gives them to understand, in general terms, that the more simple and plain their food the sooner they may expect to recover health. He tells them that coarse, unconcentrated food is the best, eaten cool or cold; that brown or unbolted meal is far preferable to fine or superfine for the farinaceous part of their diet; he teaches them that the most rapid and perfect cures are made by abandoning all animal food; that simple brown bread and pure water are sufficient in themselves for perfect nutrition, and then leaves them to their own responsibility. ~\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Graham_Sylvester_Graham_%E2%80%93_vegan_from_the_1830s_%E2%80%93_running_promoting_vegan_guest_houses_in_New_York_Boston_USA_%E2%80%93_we_have_many_of_his_original_books_journals_press_articles\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\"  >Graham = Sylvester Graham &#8211; vegan from the 1830s &#8211; running &amp; promoting vegan guest houses in New York &amp; Boston, USA &#8211; we have many of his original books, journals, press articles.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Lambe_Dr_William_Lambe_%E2%80%93_vegan_from_1809_%E2%80%93_he_inspired_Graham_%E2%80%93_we_have_early_editions_of_his_books_copies_of_some_of_his_letters_to_Graham\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\"  >Lambe = Dr. William Lambe &#8211; vegan from 1809 &#8211; he inspired Graham &#8211; we have early editions of his books &amp; copies of some of his letters to Graham.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#dietetic_reformers_the_1840s_term_for_what_we_call_today_100_vegetarians_or_vegans\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\"  >dietetic\u00a0reformers = the 1840s term for what we call today 100% vegetarians or vegans.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#coarse_unrefined_or_unprocessed_what_we_today_call_%E2%80%98wholefoods\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\"  >coarse = unrefined or unprocessed = what we today call &#8216;wholefoods&#8217;.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#unconcentrated_food_non-concentrated_%E2%80%93_not_dehydrated_%E2%80%93_%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6so_no_dried_fruits_or_foods_boiled_down_to_a_concentrated_form\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\"  >unconcentrated food = non-concentrated &#8211; not dehydrated &#8211; &#8230;&#8230;so no dried fruits, or foods boiled down to a concentrated form.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#brown_or_unbolted_meal_unsifted_100_wholemeal_bread_flour_flour_with_100_of_the_bran_fiber_still_in_it\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\"  >brown or unbolted meal = unsifted 100% wholemeal bread flour = flour with 100% of the bran fiber still in it.\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#fine_meal_bran_reduced_flour_%E2%80%93_wheatmeal_bread_flour\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\"  >fine (meal) = bran reduced flour &#8211; wheatmeal bread flour.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#superfine_meal_strong_white_bread_flour\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\"  >superfine (meal) = strong white bread flour.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#farinaceous_made_from_rich_in_or_consisting_of_starch\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\"  >farinaceous = made from, rich in, or consisting of starch.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\"  >\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#_The_Original_Article\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\"  >\u00a0The Original Article<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#The_full_article_transcribed_%E2%80%93\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-26\"  >The full article transcribed &#8211;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Diet_at_Grafenberg\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-27\"  >Diet at Grafenberg<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Much_has_been_said_and_written_about_the_unphysiological_character_of_a_portion_of_the_dietary_system_at_Priessnitzs_establishment_Persons_not_accustomed_to_provide_a_table_for_water-cure_patients_can_have_little_idea_of_the_difficulty_of_controlling_artificial_appetites_Imagine_a_man_surrounded_by_five_hundred_invalids_all_having_their_opinions_conceits_and_prejudices_all_having_been_long_addicted_to_improper_or_intemperate_eating_and_drinking_all_full_of_morbid_cravings_and_in_exact_ratio_to_their_intensity_incapable_of_self-control_most_of_them_too_nervous_peevish_irritable_and_fault-finding_because_the_consequences_of_over_indulgence_demand_self-denial_and_privation_as_indispensable_conditions_of_restoration_and_some_conception_may_be_formed_of_the_Herculean_task_of_carrying_out_any_dietetic_arrangement_on_strictly_physiological_rules\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-28\"  >Much has been said and written about the unphysiological character of a portion of the dietary system at Priessnitz&#8217;s establishment. Persons not accustomed to provide a table for water-cure patients, can have little idea of the difficulty of controlling artificial appetites. Imagine a man surrounded by five hundred invalids, all having their opinions, conceits, and prejudices; all having been long addicted to improper or intemperate eating and drinking; all full of morbid cravings, and in exact ratio to their intensity, incapable of self-control; most of them, too, nervous, peevish, irritable, and fault-finding, because the consequences of over indulgence demand self-denial and privation as indispensable conditions of restoration; and some conception may be formed of the Herculean task of carrying out any dietetic arrangement on strictly physiological rules.\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#It_is_true_that_some_articles_of_food_usually_found_on_the_table_at_Graefenberg_are_positively_bad_and_the_greater_part_of_the_dietary_system_would_admit_of_improvement_It_is_not_to_be_supposed_that_Priessnitz_with_all_his_vastness_and_originality_of_mind_has_had_the_opportunity_of_investigating_theoretically_and_reducing_to_practice_all_the_details_of_a_physiological_regimen\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-29\"  >It is true that some articles of food, usually found on the table at Graefenberg, are positively bad; and the greater part of the dietary system would admit of improvement. It is not to be supposed that Priessnitz, with all his vastness and originality of mind, has had the opportunity of investigating theoretically and reducing to practice all the details of a physiological regimen.\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#To_his_great_credit_however_and_evincive_of_his_quick_perception_and_accurate_observation_be_it_said_that_his_special_directions_to_his_patients_as_to_what_food_is_best_for_them_are_singularly_judicious_and_philosophical_according_with_the_more_profound_investigations_of_Graham_Lambe_and_other_dietetic_reformers_He_gives_them_to_understand_in_general_terms_that_the_more_simple_and_plain_their_food_the_sooner_they_may_expect_to_recover_health_He_tells_them_that_coarse_unconcentrated_food_is_the_best_eaten_cool_or_cold_that_brown_or_unbolted_meal_is_far_preferable_to_fine_or_superfine_for_the_farinaceous_part_of_their_diet_he_teaches_them_that_the_most_rapid_and_perfect_cures_are_made_by_abandoning_all_animal_food_that_simple_brown_bread_and_pure_water_are_sufficient_in_themselves_for_perfect_nutrition_and_then_leaves_them_to_their_own_responsibility\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-30\"  >To his great credit, however, and evincive of his quick perception and accurate observation, be it said, that his special directions to his patients as to what food is best for them, are singularly judicious and philosophical, according with the more profound investigations of Graham, Lambe, and other dietetic reformers. He gives them to understand, in general terms, that the more simple and plain their food the sooner they may expect to recover health. He tells them that coarse, unconcentrated food is the best, eaten cool or cold; that brown or unbolted meal is far preferable to fine or superfine for the farinaceous part of their diet; he teaches them that the most rapid and perfect cures are made by abandoning all animal food; that simple brown bread and pure water are sufficient in themselves for perfect nutrition, and then leaves them to their own responsibility.\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#What_more_could_one_man_do_among_so_many_whose_appetites_were_ten_times_as_strong_as_their_wills_Although_he_did_not_amid_the_opposition_and_persecution_which_surrounded_and_embarrassed_him_strictly_carry_out_his_own_views_of_diet_he_has_taken_a_position_far_in_advance_of_the_medical_profession_and_which_fifty_years_hence_like_the_writings_of_Graham_Lambe_Alcott_Smith_and_Cornaro_will_be_better_understood_and_appreciated_than_now\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-31\"  >What more could one man do among so many whose appetites were ten times as strong as their wills? Although he did not, amid the opposition and persecution which surrounded and embarrassed him, strictly carry out his own views of diet, he has taken a position far in advance of the medical profession, and which, fifty years hence, like the writings of Graham, Lambe, Alcott, Smith, and Cornaro, will be better understood and appreciated than now.\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#R_T_Trall_MD\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-32\"  >R. T. Trall, M.D.\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#unphysiological_not_in_accordance_with_normal_physiological_conditions\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-33\"  >unphysiological = not in accordance with normal physiological conditions.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#table_therapy_schedule_for_patients_including_a_dietary_plan\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-34\"  >table = therapy schedule for patients, including a dietary plan,<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#artificial_appetites_desire_for_food_for_reasons_other_than_hunger_%E2%80%93_for_example_eating_too_much_when_depressed\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-35\"  >artificial appetites = desire for food for reasons other than hunger &#8211; for example eating too much when depressed<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#intemperate_eating_%E2%80%9C%E2%80%A6eating_too_frequently_too_much_and_of_rich_unwholesome_food_destroys_the_healthy_action_of_the_digestive_organs_affects_the_brain_and_perverts_the_judgment_preventing_rational_calm_healthy_thinking_and_acting%E2%80%9D_%E2%80%93_Ellen_G_White_%E2%80%93_who_founded_the_Seventh_Day_Adventist_Church\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-36\"  >intemperate eating = &#8220;&#8230;.eating too frequently, too much, and of rich, unwholesome food, destroys the healthy action of the digestive organs, affects the brain, and perverts the judgment, preventing rational, calm, healthy thinking and acting.&#8221; &#8211; Ellen G. White &#8211; who founded the Seventh Day Adventist Church\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#morbid_cravings_to_eagerly_wish_for_something_which_is_harmful_to_health_%E2%80%93_eg_compulsive_eating_%E2%80%93_manic_eating_of_salty_food_fried_food_etc\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-37\"  >morbid cravings =\u00a0to eagerly wish for something which is harmful to health &#8211; e.g. compulsive eating &#8211; manic eating of salty food, fried food etc.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#privation_a_state_in_which_food_and_other_essentials_for_well-being_are_lacking\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-38\"  >privation = a state in which food and other essentials for well-being are lacking.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#restoration_regaining_good_health\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-39\"  >restoration = regaining good health.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Herculean_task_a_task_requiring_tremendous_effort_strength_etc_A_task_requiring_the_strength_courage_etcof_the_god_Hercules\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-40\"  >Herculean task = a task requiring tremendous effort, strength, etc. A task requiring the strength, courage, etc.of the god Hercules. \u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#dietetic_arrangement_on_strictly_physiological_rules_purely_therapeutic_diet_%E2%80%93_%E2%80%98%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6without_the_employment_of_milk_sugar_salt_yeast_acids_alkalies_grease_or_condiments_of_any_kind_R_T_Tralls_definition_in_Americas_first_ever_%E2%80%98vegan_cookbook_%E2%80%93_more_%E2%80%93_here\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-41\"  >dietetic arrangement on strictly physiological rules = purely therapeutic diet &#8211; \u2018\u2026\u2026without the employment of milk, sugar, salt, yeast, acids, alkalies, grease, or condiments of any kind.\u2019 R. T. Trall&#8217;s definition in America&#8217;s first ever &#8216;vegan\/ cookbook\u00a0&#8211; more &#8211; here.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#admit_of_improvement_have_room_to_be_improved_upon_%E2%80%9Cthe_dietary_plan_certainly_has_room_for_improvement_can_certainly_be_improved%E2%80%9D\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-42\"  >admit of improvement = have room to be improved upon \u00a0\/ &#8220;the dietary plan certainly has room for improvement \/ can certainly be improved&#8221;.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#reducing_to_practice_putting_the_theory_into_practice\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-43\"  >reducing to practice = putting the theory into practice.\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#physiological_regimen_regulated_diet_plan_to_produce_optimal_health_wholeness\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-44\"  >physiological regimen = regulated diet plan to produce optimal health \/ wholeness<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#evincive_tending_to_prove_having_the_power_to_demonstrate_demonstrative_indicative_A_lovely_word_%E2%80%93_no_longer_in_use_in_English_%E2%80%93_this_definition_taken_from_the_GNU_version_of_the_Collaborative_International_Dictionary_of_English\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-45\"  >evincive = tending to prove; having the power to demonstrate; demonstrative; indicative.\u00a0A lovely word &#8211; no longer in use in English &#8211; this definition taken from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#dietetic_reformers_the_1840s_term_for_what_we_call_today_100_vegetarians_or_vegans-2\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-46\"  >dietetic\u00a0reformers = the 1840s term for what we call today 100% vegetarians or vegans.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#coarse_unrefined_or_unprocessed_what_we_today_call_%E2%80%98wholefoods-2\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-47\"  >coarse = unrefined or unprocessed = what we today call &#8216;wholefoods&#8217;.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#unconcentrated_food_non-concentrated_%E2%80%93_not_dehydrated_%E2%80%93_%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6so_no_dried_fruits_or_foods_boiled_down_to_a_concentrated_form-2\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-48\"  >unconcentrated food = non-concentrated &#8211; not dehydrated &#8211; &#8230;&#8230;so no dried fruits or foods boiled down to a concentrated form.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#brown_or_unbolted_meal_unsifted_100_wholemeal_bread_flour_with_100_of_the_bran_fiber_still_in_it\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-49\"  >brown or unbolted meal = unsifted 100% wholemeal bread flour = with 100% of the bran fiber still in it.\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#fine_meal_bran_reduced_flour_%E2%80%93_wheatmeal_bread_flour-2\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-50\"  >fine (meal) = bran reduced flour &#8211; wheatmeal bread flour.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#superfine_meal_strong_white_bread_flour-2\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-51\"  >superfine (meal) = strong white bread flour.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#farinaceous_made_from_rich_in_or_consisting_of_starch-2\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-52\"  >farinaceous = made from, rich in, or consisting of starch<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#In_the_article_Trall_mentions_these_places_these_people\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-53\"  >In the article Trall mentions these places &amp; these people:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Graefenberg_Lazne_Jesenik_until_1948_and_in_German_language_called_%E2%80%93_Grafenberg_is_a_small_village_in_the_Olomouc_Region_of_the_Czech_Republic_It_is_administratively_part_of_the_city_of_Jesenik_Freiwaldau\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-54\"  >Graefenberg =\u00a0L\u00e1zn\u011b Jesen\u00edk (until 1948 and in German language called &#8211; Gr\u00e4fenberg) is a small village in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It is administratively part of the city of Jesen\u00edk (Freiwaldau).<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#The_place_is_known_for_its_connection_with_Vincent_Priessnitz_an_early_proponent_of_hydrotherapy_Priessnitz_had_founded_the_first_modern_hydrotherapeutic_institute_in_the_world_here_It_is_also_known_for_the_Sanatorium_Priessnitz_building_and_many_springs\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-55\"  >The place is known for its connection with Vincent Priessnitz, an early proponent of hydrotherapy. Priessnitz had founded the first modern hydrotherapeutic institute in the world here. It is also known for the Sanatorium Priessnitz building and many springs.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Priessnitz_Vincenz_Priessnitz_was_an_%E2%80%98Austrian_Silesian_the_former_%E2%80%98Austrian_Silesia%E2%80%98_is_now_mostly_part_of_the_Czech_Republic\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-56\"  >Priessnitz =\u00a0Vincenz Priessnitz was\u00a0an &#8216;Austrian Silesian&#8217; (the former &#8216;Austrian Silesia&#8216; is\u00a0now mostly part of the Czech Republic). \u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Priessnitz_was_a_world_famous_%E2%80%98vegan_advocate_more_than_100_years_before_the_word_%E2%80%98vegan_was_conceived_however_Trall_notes_that_Priessnitz_did_not_himself_strictly_observe_an_animal_free_diet\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-57\"  >Priessnitz was a world famous &#8216;vegan advocate&#8217; more than 100 years before the word &#8216;vegan&#8217; was conceived (however Trall notes that\u00a0Priessnitz\u00a0did not himself\u00a0strictly\u00a0observe an animal free diet).\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Wiki_%E2%80%93_Vincenz_Priessnitz_also_written_Priesnitz_4_October_1799_%E2%80%93_26_November_1851_was_a_peasant_farmer_in_Grafenberg_Austrian_Silesia_who_is_generally_considered_the_founder_of_modern_hydrotherapy_which_is_used_in_alternative_and_orthodox_medicine_Priessnitz_stressed_remedies_such_as_suitable_food_air_exercise_rest_and_water_over_conventional_medicine_He_is_thus_also_credited_with_laying_the_foundations_of_what_became_known_as_Nature_Cure_although_it_has_been_noted_that_his_main_focus_was_on_hydrotherapeutic_techniques_Priessnitzs_name_first_became_widely_known_in_the_English-speaking_world_through_the_publications_and_lecture_tours_of_Captain_R_T_Claridge_in_1842_and_1843_after_he_had_stayed_at_Grafenberg_in_1841_However_Priessnitz_was_already_a_household_name_on_the_European_continent_where_Richard_Metcalfe_in_his_1898_biography_stated_%E2%80%9Cthere_are_hundreds_of_establishments_where_the_water-cure_is_carried_out_on_the_principles_laid_down_by_Priessnitz%E2%80%9D_Indeed_Priessnitzs_fame_became_so_widespread_that_his_death_was_reported_in_the_as_far_away_as_New_Zealand\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-58\"  >Wiki &#8211; Vincenz Priessnitz, also written Prie\u00dfnitz (4 October 1799 \u2013 26 November 1851) was a peasant farmer in Gr\u00e4fenberg, Austrian Silesia, who is generally considered the founder of modern hydrotherapy, which is used in alternative and orthodox medicine. Priessnitz stressed remedies such as suitable food, air, exercise, rest and water, over conventional medicine. He is thus also credited with laying the foundations of what became known as Nature Cure, although it has been noted that his main focus was on hydrotherapeutic techniques. Priessnitz&#8217;s name first became widely known in the English-speaking world through the publications and lecture tours of Captain R. T. Claridge in 1842 and 1843, after he had stayed at Grafenberg in 1841. However, Priessnitz was already a household name on the European continent, where Richard Metcalfe, in his 1898 biography, stated: &#8220;there are hundreds of establishments where the water-cure is carried out on the principles laid down by Priessnitz&#8221;. Indeed, Priessnitz&#8217;s fame became so widespread that his death was reported in the as far away as New Zealand.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Graham_Sylvester_Graham_%E2%80%93_vegan_from_the_1830s_%E2%80%93_running_promoting_vegan_guest_houses_in_New_York_Boston_USA_%E2%80%93_we_have_many_of_his_original_books_journals_press_articles_%E2%80%93_more_%E2%80%93_here\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-59\"  >Graham = Sylvester Graham &#8211; vegan from the 1830s &#8211; running &amp; promoting vegan guest houses in New York &amp; Boston, USA &#8211; we have many of his original books, journals, press articles &#8211; more &#8211; here.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Lambe_Dr_William_Lambe_%E2%80%93_vegan_from_1809_%E2%80%93_he_inspired_Graham_%E2%80%93_we_have_early_editions_of_his_books_copies_of_some_of_his_letters_to_Graham_%E2%80%93_more_%E2%80%93_here\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-60\"  >Lambe = Dr. William Lambe &#8211; vegan from 1809 &#8211; he inspired Graham &#8211; we have early editions of his books &amp; copies of some of his letters to Graham &#8211; more &#8211; here.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Alcott_Amos_Bronson_Alcott_%E2%80%93_running_founding_vegan_communities_in_the_UK_the_US_from_the_late_1830s_%E2%80%93_more_%E2%80%93_here\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-61\"  >Alcott = Amos Bronson Alcott &#8211; running \/ founding vegan communities in the UK &amp; the US from the late 1830s &#8211; more &#8211; here.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Smith_John_Smith_of_Malton_UK_%E2%80%93_lacto-vegetarian_%E2%80%93_author_of_Fruits_and_Farinacea_the_Proper_Food_of_Man_other_books_%E2%80%93_such_as_%E2%80%93_The_Principles_and_Practice_of_Vegetarian_Cookery_%E2%80%93_here\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-62\"  >Smith = John Smith (of Malton, U.K.) &#8211; lacto-vegetarian &#8211; author of \u00a0Fruits and Farinacea the Proper Food of Man &amp; other books &#8211; such as &#8211; The Principles\u00a0and Practice\u00a0of Vegetarian Cookery &#8211; here.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Cornaro_Luigi_di_Cornaro_1465-1566_%E2%80%93_he_records_that_he_ate_very_little_animal_flesh_He_is_the_author_of_3_famous_books_%E2%80%93_A_Treatise_on_a_Sober_Life_%E2%80%93_A_Compendium_of_a_Sober_Life_%E2%80%93_and_%E2%80%93_An_Earnest_Exhortation_to_a_Sober_and_Regular_Life_%E2%80%93_more\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-63\"  >Cornaro = Luigi di Cornaro 1465-1566 &#8211; he records that he ate very little animal flesh. He is the author of 3 famous books &#8211; A Treatise on a Sober Life &#8211; A Compendium of a Sober Life\u00a0&#8211; and &#8211; An Earnest Exhortation to a Sober and Regular Life &#8211; more.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#R_T_Trall_M_D\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-64\"  >R. T. Trall M. D. =<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Russell_Thacher_%E2%80%98R_T_Trall_%E2%80%93_an_American_%E2%80%98vegan\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-65\"  >Russell Thacher &#8216;R. T.&#8217; Trall &#8211; an American &#8216;vegan&#8217;.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#R_T_Trall_was_cooperating_continuously_with_Elizabeth_William_Horsell_%E2%80%93_both_of_whom_were_%E2%80%98full-on_British_vegans\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-66\"  >R. T. Trall was cooperating continuously with Elizabeth &amp; William Horsell\u00a0&#8211; both of whom were &#8216;full-on&#8217; British vegans.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#In_the_late_1840s_the_1850s_vegan_pioneers_Elizabeth_and_William_Horsell_actively_leafleted_London_farther_afield_broadcasting_the_clear_message_that_%E2%80%93\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-67\"  >In the late 1840s &amp; the 1850s,\u00a0vegan pioneers Elizabeth and William Horsell, actively leafleted London &amp; farther afield, broadcasting the clear message that: \u2013<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#_%E2%80%A6it_was_not_enough_that_one_should_give_up_the_use_of_flesh\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-68\"  >~ \u2026.it was not enough that one should give up the use of flesh,<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#one_should_become_a_whole_and_not_a_half_person\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-69\"  >one should become a whole, and not a half\u00a0 person,<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#and_give_up_the_use_of_tea_coffee_cheese_eggs_and_milk\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-70\"  >and give up the use of tea, coffee, cheese, eggs, and milk. ~<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6-2\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-71\"  >\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Priessnitz_%E2%80%93_Telling_%E2%80%93_but_not_%E2%80%93_Forcing\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-72\"  >Priessnitz &#8211; Telling &#8211; but not &#8211; Forcing<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#So_in_the_article_Trall_is_telling_us_that_Priessnitz_advised_his_patients_to_eat_%E2%80%93\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-73\"  >So, in the article, Trall is telling us that Priessnitz advised his patients to eat &#8211;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#%E2%80%98%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6according_with_the_more_profound_investigations_of_Graham_Lambe_and_other_dietetic_reformers\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-74\"  >&#8216;&#8230;&#8230;..according with the more profound investigations of Graham, Lambe, and other dietetic reformers.&#8217;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6but_that_he_left_his_patients_%E2%80%93\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-75\"  >&#8230;&#8230;but that he left his patients &#8211;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#%E2%80%98%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6to_their_own_responsibility\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-76\"  >&#8216;&#8230;&#8230;to their own responsibility.&#8217;\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#He_took_this_path_because_the_patients_%E2%80%93\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-77\"  >He took this path because the patients &#8211;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#%E2%80%98%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6appetites_were_ten_times_as_strong_as_their_wills\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-78\"  >&#8216;&#8230;&#8230;appetites were ten times as strong as their wills.&#8217;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6-3\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-79\"  >\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#R_T_Tralls_1851_Prediction\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-80\"  >R. T. Trall&#8217;s 1851 Prediction<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Priessnitz_%E2%80%93\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-81\"  >Priessnitz &#8211;\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#_%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6_has_taken_a_position_far_in_advance_of_the_medical_profession_and_which_fifty_years_hence_like_the_writings_of_Graham_Lambe_Alcott_Smith_and_Cornaro_will_be_better_understood_and_appreciated_than_now\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-82\"  >~ &#8230;&#8230; has taken a position far in advance of the medical profession, and which, fifty years hence, like the writings of Graham, Lambe, Alcott, Smith, and Cornaro, will be better understood and appreciated than now. ~<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Sylvester_Graham_did_become_exceedingly_well_known\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-83\"  >Sylvester Graham did become exceedingly well known.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Henry_S_Salt_%E2%80%93_in_his_essay_Food_Reform_%E2%80%93_Published_Westminster_Review_October_1886\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-84\"  >Henry S. Salt \u2013 in his essay\u00a0Food Reform \u2013\u00a0Published: Westminster Review, October 1886<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#%E2%80%9CTo_Sylvester_Graham_above_all_others_should_perhaps_be_given_the_place_of_honour_in_the_annals_of_vegetarian_literature_for_his_%E2%80%98Lectures_on_the_Science_of_Human_Life_form_the_text-book_from_which_the_advocates_of_the_reformed_diet_derive_their_most_powerful_arguments%E2%80%9D_%E2%80%93_more\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-85\"  >\u201cTo Sylvester Graham, above all others, should perhaps be given the place of honour in the annals of vegetarian literature; for his \u2018Lectures on the Science of Human Life\u2019 form the text-book from which the advocates of the reformed diet derive their most powerful arguments.\u201d &#8211; more.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#%E2%80%98Lectures_on_the_Science_of_Human_Life_by_Sylvester_Graham\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-86\"  >\u2018Lectures on the Science of Human Life\u2019 by Sylvester Graham<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#William_Metcalfes_signed_copy_Volume_I_of_the_1st_Edition_%E2%80%93_more\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-87\"  >William Metcalfe\u2019s signed copy Volume I of the 1st Edition &#8211; more.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#1851_50_years_1901_%E2%80%93_there_was_certainly_healthy_%E2%80%98debate_in_the_US_Britain_France_Germany_some_other_countries_There_were_still_relatively_small_numbers_of_100_vegetarians\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-88\"  >1851 + 50 years = 1901 &#8211; there was certainly healthy &#8216;debate&#8217; in the US, Britain, France, Germany &amp; some other countries.\u00a0There were still relatively small numbers of 100% vegetarians.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#2015_%E2%80%93\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-89\"  >2015 &#8211;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#1851\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-90\"  >1851<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#_164_years_later_%E2%80%93_%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6with_the_growth_of_the_Internet_%E2%80%93_veganism_is_growing_exponentially_they_are_all_becoming_very_well_known_indeed\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-91\"  >\u00a0 164 years later &#8211;\u00a0&#8230;&#8230;with the growth of the Internet &#8211; veganism is growing exponentially &amp; they are all becoming very well known indeed.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6-4\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-92\"  >\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#R_T_Tralls_Vegan_Advocacy\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-93\"  >R. T. Trall&#8217;s Vegan Advocacy<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#R_T_Trall_was_a_founder_member_of_The_American_Vegetarian_Society_in_1850_%E2%80%93_along_with_Sylvester_Graham_Bronson_Alcott\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-94\"  >R. T. Trall was a founder member of The American Vegetarian Society in 1850 &#8211; along with Sylvester Graham &amp; Bronson Alcott.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Discussed_here_here\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-95\"  >Discussed here &amp; here.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#20_30_years_later_Trall_in_his_own_water-cure_clinics_in_the_US_Trall_offered_his_patients_%E2%80%98only_a_vegan_diet\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-96\"  >20 \/ 30 years later, Trall, in his own water-cure clinics in the US, Trall offered his patients &#8216;only&#8217; a vegan diet.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#In_1874_Trall_published\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-97\"  >In 1874 Trall published :<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#THE\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-98\"  >THE<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#HYGEIAN_HOME_COOK-BOOK\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-99\"  >HYGEIAN HOME COOK-BOOK;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#OR_HEALTHFUL_AND\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-100\"  >OR,\u00a0HEALTHFUL AND<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#PALATABLE_FOOD_WITHOUT_CONDIMENTS\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-101\"  >PALATABLE FOOD WITHOUT CONDIMENTS.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#The_Ernest_Bell_Library_has_a_very_nice_original_copy_of_the_1888_second_edition_of_%E2%80%98The_Hygeian_Home_Cook-book_%E2%80%93_the_image_of_the_front_cover_is_posted_below\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-102\"  >The Ernest Bell Library has a very nice original copy of the 1888 second edition of \u2018The Hygeian Home Cook-book\u2019 \u00a0\u2013 the image of the front cover is posted below.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#This_was_Americas_very_first_%E2%80%98vegan_cookbook_containing_recipes_%E2%80%93\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-103\"  >This was America\u2019s very first \u2018vegan\u2019 cookbook, containing recipes \u2013<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#%E2%80%98%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6without_the_employment_of_milk_sugar_salt_yeast_acids_alkalies_grease_or_condiments_of_any_kind\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-104\"  >\u2018\u2026\u2026without the employment of milk, sugar, salt, yeast, acids, alkalies, grease, or condiments of any kind.\u2019<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#In_the_Preface_Trall_stated_that_%E2%80%98for_a_dozen_years_%E2%80%93_they_had_left_these_out_of_the_diet_at_his_health_centre\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-105\"  >In the Preface, Trall stated that \u2018for a dozen years\u2019 \u2013 they had left these out of the diet at his health centre.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#acids_for_example_%E2%80%93_different_vinegars\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-106\"  >acids =\u00a0for example &#8211; different vinegars<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#alkalies_for_example_%E2%80%93_sodium_bicarbonate_baking_powder\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-107\"  >alkalies =\u00a0for example &#8211; sodium bicarbonate \/ baking powder<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#grease_both_liquid_solid_vegetable_oils_fats\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-108\"  >grease = both liquid &amp; solid vegetable oils \/ fats.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#See_these_pages%E2%80%A6\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-109\"  >See these pages\u2026.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#You_can_read_the_entire_book_online_%E2%80%93_here\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-110\"  >You can read the entire book online &#8211; here.\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#The_complete_book_as_a_high-res_pdf_file_to_download\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-111\"  >The complete book as a high-res .pdf file\u00a0to download.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#The_complete_book_as_a_low-res_pdf_file_to_download\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-112\"  >The complete book as a low-res .pdf file\u00a0to download.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6-5\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-113\"  >\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Our_Projects\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-114\"  >Our Projects<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#The_Henry_Salt_Archive_is_one_of_our_almost_completed_projects\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-115\"  >The Henry Salt Archive is one of our, almost completed, projects.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#The_Humanitarian_League_is_our_Hong_Kong_registered_charity\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-116\"  >The Humanitarian League is our Hong Kong registered charity.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#The_Ernest_Bell_Library_was_conceived_in_1934_It_is_still_strong_very_active_eighty_years_later_%E2%80%93_its_primary_objectives_are_to_%E2%80%93\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-117\"  >The Ernest Bell Library\u00a0was conceived in 1934. It is still strong &amp; very active eighty years later \u2013\u00a0\u00a0its primary objectives are to: \u2013<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Collect_all_of_Ernest_Bells_book_non-book_works_and_make_them_easily_accessible_to_everyone\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-118\"  >Collect all of Ernest Bell\u2019s book &amp; non-book works and make them easily accessible to everyone.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Collect_the_literature_of_vegetarianism_and_all_the_other_humanitarian_movements_in_which_Ernest_Bell_was_so_deeply_involved\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-119\"  >Collect the literature of vegetarianism and all the other humanitarian movements in which Ernest Bell was so deeply involved.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Assist_students_and_scholars_in_their_research\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-120\"  >Assist students and scholars in their research.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Introduce_all_aspects_of_Ernest_Bells_life_including_his_writings_campaign_work_influences_and_his_circle_of_friends\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-121\"  >Introduce all aspects of Ernest Bell\u2019s life, including his writings, campaign work, influences and his circle of friends.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Undertake_our_own_research_into_missing_aspects_of_Ernest_Bells_life_and_work\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-122\"  >Undertake our own research into missing aspects of Ernest Bell\u2019s life and work.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#We_already_have_more_than_300_pieces_of_Ernest_Bells_own_writings\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-123\"  >We already have more than 300 pieces of Ernest Bell\u2019s own writings.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#We_are_also_actively_building_a_collection_of_examples_of_promotional_material_campaign_material_fundraising_marketing_activities_etc_%E2%80%93_related_to_%E2%80%93\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-124\"  >We are also actively building a collection of examples of promotional material, campaign material, fundraising &amp; marketing activities etc. \u2013 related to: \u2013<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#vegetarian_products\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-125\"  >veg(etari)an products.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#vegetarian_books_other_publications\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-126\"  >veg(etari)an books &amp; other publications.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#vegetarian_organisations\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-127\"  >veg(etari)an\u00a0organisations.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#vegetarian_businesses\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-128\"  >veg(etari)an businesses.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#animal_rights_organisations\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-129\"  >animal rights organisations.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#animal_rights_publications\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-130\"  >animal rights publications.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#humanitarian_organisations\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-131\"  >humanitarian organisations.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#humanitarian_publications\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-132\"  >humanitarian publications.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#rambling_clubs_run_by_members_of_the_above_groups_related_publications\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-133\"  >rambling clubs run by members of the above groups &amp; related publications.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#the_work_of_Richard_St_Barbe_Baker_the_%E2%80%98Men_of_the_Trees_organization_its_many_sub-branches\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-134\"  >the work of Richard St. Barbe Baker &amp; the \u2018Men of the Trees\u2019 organization &amp; its many sub-branches.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#There_are_currently_more_than_2000_items_in_the_Ernest_Bell_Library\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-135\"  >There are currently more than 2,000 items in the Ernest Bell Library.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#We_will_complete_the_cataloging_of_the_collection_as_when_adequate_funds_are_available\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-136\"  >We will complete the\u00a0cataloging of the collection as &amp; when adequate funds are available.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#It_is_long_past_time_for_the_library_to_go_online\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-137\"  >It is long past time for the library to go online!<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#_%E2%80%9CI_have_little_doubt_that_the_proposal_for_the_establishment_of_an_Ernest_Bell_Library_which_would_specialize_in_humanitarian_and_progressive_literature_and_so_form_a_sort_of_centre_for_students_will_meet_with_a_wide_response%E2%80%9D\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-138\"  >\u00a0\u201cI have little doubt that the proposal for the establishment of an Ernest Bell Library,\u00a0which would specialize in humanitarian and progressive literature,\u00a0and so form a sort of centre for students, will meet with a wide response.\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Henry_S_Salt_%E2%80%93_writing_in_September_1934\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-139\"  >Henry S. Salt \u2013 writing in September 1934<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6-6\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-140\"  >\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#If_anyone_would_like_more_information_please_send_an_email_to_%E2%80%93\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-141\"  >If anyone would like more information, please send an email to:\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#humanitarianleague_at_outlook_dot_com\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-142\"  >humanitarianleague (at) outlook (dot) com\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#%E2%80%93_or_message_me_through_HappyCow_%E2%80%93\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-143\"  >&#8211; or message me \u00a0through\u00a0HappyCow\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-144\" href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#https_wwwhappycownetblogauthorJohnnySensible_%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6\" >https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/JohnnySensible\/ \n\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#If_you_are_a_Tweeter_please_consider_sending_this_post_out_to_your_friends\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-145\"  >If you are a Tweeter, please consider sending this post out to your friends.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Thank_you\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-146\"  >Thank you!\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6-7\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-147\"  >\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#%E2%80%9CA_people_without_a_history_is_like_a_tree_without_roots%E2%80%9D\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-148\"  >\u201cA people without a history is like a tree without roots.\u201d<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#April_May_2007_%E2%80%93_Satya\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-149\"  >April \/ May 2007 \u2013 Satya<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Q_Colleen_Patrick-Goudreau_%E2%80%93_You_use_the_phrase_%E2%80%9Chistorical_amnesia%E2%80%9D_to_refer_to_the_fact_that_contemporary_animal_activists%E2%80%94and_society_as_a_whole%E2%80%94know_nothing_of_the_legacy_of_animal_activism_in_the_US_What_are_some_of_the_effects_of_having_%E2%80%9Chistorical_amnesia%E2%80%9D_Why_is_it_so_important_to_know_our_legacy\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-150\"  >Q) Colleen Patrick-Goudreau \u2013 You use the phrase \u201chistorical amnesia\u201d to refer to the fact that contemporary animal activists\u2014and society as a whole\u2014know nothing of the legacy of animal activism in the U.S. What are some of the effects of having \u201chistorical amnesia\u201d? Why is it so important to know our legacy?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#A_Diane_Beers_%E2%80%93_Animal_advocacy_has_an_amazing_history_yet_it_is_essentially_an_untold_story_African_American_activists_will_often_say_%E2%80%9CA_people_without_a_history_is_like_a_tree_without_roots%E2%80%9D_Indeed_if_activists_dont_know_the_history_of_their_cause_they_can_have_no_sense_of_their_movements_struggles_long-term_strategies_achievements_and_heroes_In_addition_they_cant_promote_their_long_impressive_movement_to_the_public_and_their_opponents%E2%80%94the_meat_industry_medical_research_industry_and_the_government%E2%80%94will_fill_the_void_They_have_been_the_ones_most_aggressively_and_successfully_constructing_negative_images_and_outright_myths_of_animal_advocacy_that_the_public_often_believes\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-151\"  >A)\u00a0Diane Beers \u2013\u00a0Animal advocacy has an amazing history, yet it is essentially an untold story. African American activists will often say, \u201cA people without a history is like a tree without roots.\u201d Indeed, if activists don\u2019t know the history of their cause, they can have no sense of their movement\u2019s struggles, long-term strategies, achievements and heroes. In addition, they can\u2019t promote their long impressive movement to the public, and their opponents\u2014the meat industry, medical research industry and the government\u2014will fill the void. They have been the ones most aggressively and successfully constructing negative images and outright myths of animal advocacy that the public often believes.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6-8\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-152\"  >\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Question_from_a_reader_%E2%80%93_Why_are_there_sometimes_more_than_30_hyperlinks_in_your_blog_posts\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-153\"  >Question from a reader \u2013 Why are there sometimes more than 30\u00a0hyperlinks\u00a0in your blog posts?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Answer_%E2%80%93_We_like_to_give_folk_the_option_of_going_a_tad_deeper_into_the_subjects_discussed_We_also_really_like_English\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-154\"  >Answer \u2013 We like to give folk the option of going a tad deeper into the subjects discussed. We also really like English!<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#tad_a_small_amount_of_something_Origin_%E2%80%93_late_19th_century_denoting_a_small_child_origin_uncertain_perhaps_from_tadpole\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-155\"  >tad = a\u00a0small amount of something. Origin \u2013\u00a0late 19th century (denoting a small child): origin uncertain, perhaps from tadpole.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#Mae_Wests_credo_%E2%80%9CToo_much_of_a_good_thing_is_wonderful\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-156\"  >Mae West\u2019s credo: \u201cToo much of a good thing is wonderful!<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#credo_an_idea_or_set_of_beliefs_that_guides_the_actions_of_a_person_or_group\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-157\"  >credo =\u00a0an idea or set of beliefs that guides the actions of a person or group.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_3503\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-setdir=\"false\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98abandoning_all_animal_food_consuming_nothing_which_has_an_animal_source_100_vegetarian_vegan\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13593\" style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff0000;\">&#8216;..abandoning all animal food..&#8217;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">= consuming nothing\u00a0which has an animal source = 100% vegetarian = vegan<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-setdir=\"false\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Some_Very_Pleasant_History\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13019\">Some Very Pleasant History<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-setdir=\"false\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Discussions_of_Vegan_Advocacy_from_the_1840s\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13021\">Discussions of Vegan Advocacy from the 1840s\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-setdir=\"false\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13021\">An 1851 Article by <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/leafy-greens-six-times-a-day-no-oil-the-recommended-diet-for-2014-for-1874\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\">R. T. Trall<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dr-r-t-trall_0001.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6858 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dr-r-t-trall_0001.jpg\" alt=\"dr-r-t-trall_0001\" width=\"580\" height=\"976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dr-r-t-trall_0001.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dr-r-t-trall_0001-178x300.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Russell_Thacher_%E2%80%98R_T_Tralls_%E2%80%93_autographed_1860s_Carte_de_Visite\"><\/span><strong>Russell Thacher &#8216;R. T.&#8217; Trall&#8217;s &#8211; autographed\u00a0<strong>1860s\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Carte de Visite.<\/strong><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_original_is_in_the_Ernest_Bell_Library\"><\/span><strong><strong>The original is in the Ernest Bell Library.<\/strong><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dr-r-t-trall_0002.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6859 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dr-r-t-trall_0002.jpg\" alt=\"dr-r-t-trall_0002\" width=\"580\" height=\"956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dr-r-t-trall_0002.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dr-r-t-trall_0002-182x300.jpg 182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-setdir=\"false\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13021\">The article appeared in\u00a0an <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/hydropathicalman00lond#page\/n0\/mode\/2up\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Almanac<\/a><\/span> published in London, UK in 1851 <\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-setdir=\"false\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13021\">&#8211; by the London, UK based vegan, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/london-vegans-meeting-in-1856-elizabeth-and-william-horsell-plus-many-of-their-friends\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\">William Horsell<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Horsell.jpg\"  target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5856 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Horsell-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"William Horsell\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Horsell-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Horsell.jpg 535w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>William Horsell, London, c.1857 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhs.ox.ac.uk\/collections\/search\/displayrecord\/?mode=displaymixed&amp;module=ecatalogue&amp;invnumber=17477&amp;irn=936&amp;query=\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">source<\/a><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" data-setdir=\"false\">In this article Trall is discussing &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vincenz_Priessnitz\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Vincenz Priessnitz<\/a><\/span>\u00a0&#8211; at his hydro-cure \/ water therapy clinic in Europe during the 1840s &#8211;\u00a0advising his patients to be eat no animal foods whatsoever.<\/h4>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" data-setdir=\"false\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Persons_names_are_marked_in_red_expanded_on_%E2%80%93_below\"><\/span>Persons&#8217; names are marked in<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> red<\/span> &amp; expanded on &#8211; below.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" data-setdir=\"false\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Any_words_or_phrases_marked_in_brown_%E2%80%93_we_will_also_expand_on_%E2%80%93_below_%E2%80%93_%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6because_some_are_archaic_no_longer_used_in_modern_English\"><\/span>Any words or phrases marked in <span style=\"color: #993300;\">brown<\/span>\u00a0&#8211; we will also expand on &#8211; below &#8211; &#8230;&#8230;because some are archaic \/ no longer used in modern English.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Excerpt_%E2%80%93\"><\/span>Excerpt &#8211;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_3503\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-setdir=\"false\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"_%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6according_with_the_more_profound_investigations_of_Graham_Lambe_and_other_dietetic_reformers_He_gives_them_to_understand_in_general_terms_that_the_more_simple_and_plain_their_food_the_sooner_they_may_expect_to_recover_health_He_tells_them_that_coarse_unconcentrated_food_is_the_best_eaten_cool_or_cold_that_brown_or_unbolted_meal_is_far_preferable_to_fine_or_superfine_for_the_farinaceous_part_of_their_diet_he_teaches_them_that_the_most_rapid_and_perfect_cures_are_made_by_abandoning_all_animal_food_that_simple_brown_bread_and_pure_water_are_sufficient_in_themselves_for_perfect_nutrition_and_then_leaves_them_to_their_own_responsibility\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13593\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">~ &#8230;&#8230;according with the more profound investigations of <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Graham<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Lambe<\/span>, and other <span style=\"color: #993300;\">dietetic reformers<\/span>. He gives them to understand, in general terms, that the more simple and plain their food the sooner they may expect to recover health. He tells them that <span style=\"color: #993300;\">coarse<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #993300;\">unconcentrated<\/span> food is the best, eaten cool or cold; that <span style=\"color: #993300;\">brown or unbolted meal<\/span> is far preferable to <span style=\"color: #993300;\">fine<\/span> or <span style=\"color: #993300;\">superfine<\/span> for the <span style=\"color: #993300;\">farinaceous<\/span> part of their diet; he teaches them that the most rapid and perfect cures are made by abandoning all animal food; that simple brown bread and pure water are sufficient in themselves for perfect nutrition, and then leaves them to their own responsibility. ~<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Graham_Sylvester_Graham_%E2%80%93_vegan_from_the_1830s_%E2%80%93_running_promoting_vegan_guest_houses_in_New_York_Boston_USA_%E2%80%93_we_have_many_of_his_original_books_journals_press_articles\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Graham<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">= Sylvester Graham &#8211; vegan from the 1830s &#8211; running &amp; promoting vegan guest houses in New York &amp; Boston, USA &#8211; we have many of his original books, journals, press articles.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lambe_Dr_William_Lambe_%E2%80%93_vegan_from_1809_%E2%80%93_he_inspired_Graham_%E2%80%93_we_have_early_editions_of_his_books_copies_of_some_of_his_letters_to_Graham\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Lambe<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">= Dr. William Lambe &#8211; vegan from 1809 &#8211; he inspired Graham &#8211; we have early editions of his books &amp; copies of some of his letters to Graham.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"dietetic_reformers_the_1840s_term_for_what_we_call_today_100_vegetarians_or_vegans\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\">dietetic\u00a0reformers <span style=\"color: #000000;\">= the 1840s term for what we call today 100% vegetarians or vegans.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_3503\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-setdir=\"false\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"coarse_unrefined_or_unprocessed_what_we_today_call_%E2%80%98wholefoods\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13593\" style=\"font-size: medium; color: #993300;\">coarse <span style=\"color: #000000;\">= unrefined or unprocessed = what we today call &#8216;wholefoods&#8217;.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"unconcentrated_food_non-concentrated_%E2%80%93_not_dehydrated_%E2%80%93_%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6so_no_dried_fruits_or_foods_boiled_down_to_a_concentrated_form\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\">unconcentrated food <span style=\"color: #000000;\">= non-concentrated &#8211; not dehydrated &#8211; &#8230;&#8230;so no dried fruits, or foods boiled down to a concentrated form.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_3503\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-setdir=\"false\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"brown_or_unbolted_meal_unsifted_100_wholemeal_bread_flour_flour_with_100_of_the_bran_fiber_still_in_it\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13687\" style=\"font-size: medium; color: #993300;\">brown or unbolted meal <span style=\"color: #000000;\">= unsifted 100% wholemeal bread flour = flour with 100% of the bran fiber still in it.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_3503\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-setdir=\"false\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"fine_meal_bran_reduced_flour_%E2%80%93_wheatmeal_bread_flour\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13596\" style=\"font-size: medium; color: #993300;\">fine (meal) <span style=\"color: #000000;\">= bran reduced flour &#8211; wheatmeal bread flour.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_3503\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-setdir=\"false\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"superfine_meal_strong_white_bread_flour\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #993300;\">superfine (meal) <span style=\"color: #000000;\">= strong white bread flour.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_3503\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-setdir=\"false\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"farinaceous_made_from_rich_in_or_consisting_of_starch\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13690\" style=\"font-size: medium; color: #993300;\">farinaceous <span style=\"color: #000000;\">= made from, rich in, or consisting of starch.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h2 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_12865\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"_The_Original_Article\"><\/span>\u00a0The Original Article<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" data-setdir=\"false\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Trall-Vegan2.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-13566 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Trall-Vegan2.jpg\" alt=\"Trall-Vegan2\" width=\"576\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Trall-Vegan2.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Trall-Vegan2-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" data-setdir=\"false\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_full_article_transcribed_%E2%80%93\"><\/span>The full article transcribed &#8211;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Diet_at_Grafenberg\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Diet at Grafenberg<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_3503\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Much_has_been_said_and_written_about_the_unphysiological_character_of_a_portion_of_the_dietary_system_at_Priessnitzs_establishment_Persons_not_accustomed_to_provide_a_table_for_water-cure_patients_can_have_little_idea_of_the_difficulty_of_controlling_artificial_appetites_Imagine_a_man_surrounded_by_five_hundred_invalids_all_having_their_opinions_conceits_and_prejudices_all_having_been_long_addicted_to_improper_or_intemperate_eating_and_drinking_all_full_of_morbid_cravings_and_in_exact_ratio_to_their_intensity_incapable_of_self-control_most_of_them_too_nervous_peevish_irritable_and_fault-finding_because_the_consequences_of_over_indulgence_demand_self-denial_and_privation_as_indispensable_conditions_of_restoration_and_some_conception_may_be_formed_of_the_Herculean_task_of_carrying_out_any_dietetic_arrangement_on_strictly_physiological_rules\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13135\" style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\">Much has been said and written about the <span style=\"color: #993300;\">unphysiological<\/span> character of a portion of the dietary system at Priessnitz&#8217;s establishment. Persons not accustomed to provide a <span style=\"color: #993300;\">table<\/span> for water-cure patients, can have little idea of the difficulty of controlling <span style=\"color: #993300;\">artificial appetites<\/span>. Imagine a man surrounded by five hundred invalids, all having their opinions, conceits, and prejudices; all having been long addicted to improper or <span style=\"color: #993300;\">intemperate eating<\/span> and drinking; all full of <span style=\"color: #993300;\">morbid cravings<\/span>, and in exact ratio to their intensity, incapable of self-control; most of them, too, nervous, peevish, irritable, and fault-finding, because the consequences of over indulgence demand self-denial and <span style=\"color: #993300;\">privation<\/span> as indispensable conditions of <span style=\"color: #993300;\">restoration<\/span>; and some conception may be formed of the <span style=\"color: #993300;\">Herculean<\/span> task of carrying out any <span style=\"color: #993300;\">dietetic arrangement on strictly physiological rules<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_3503\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"It_is_true_that_some_articles_of_food_usually_found_on_the_table_at_Graefenberg_are_positively_bad_and_the_greater_part_of_the_dietary_system_would_admit_of_improvement_It_is_not_to_be_supposed_that_Priessnitz_with_all_his_vastness_and_originality_of_mind_has_had_the_opportunity_of_investigating_theoretically_and_reducing_to_practice_all_the_details_of_a_physiological_regimen\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13137\" style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\">It is true that some articles of food, usually found on the table at <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Graefenberg<\/span>, are positively bad; and the greater part of the dietary system would <span style=\"color: #993300;\">admit of improvement<\/span>. It is not to be supposed that <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Priessnitz<\/span>, with all his vastness and originality of mind, has had the opportunity of investigating theoretically and <span style=\"color: #993300;\">reducing to practice<\/span> all the details of a <span style=\"color: #993300;\">physiological regimen<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_3503\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"To_his_great_credit_however_and_evincive_of_his_quick_perception_and_accurate_observation_be_it_said_that_his_special_directions_to_his_patients_as_to_what_food_is_best_for_them_are_singularly_judicious_and_philosophical_according_with_the_more_profound_investigations_of_Graham_Lambe_and_other_dietetic_reformers_He_gives_them_to_understand_in_general_terms_that_the_more_simple_and_plain_their_food_the_sooner_they_may_expect_to_recover_health_He_tells_them_that_coarse_unconcentrated_food_is_the_best_eaten_cool_or_cold_that_brown_or_unbolted_meal_is_far_preferable_to_fine_or_superfine_for_the_farinaceous_part_of_their_diet_he_teaches_them_that_the_most_rapid_and_perfect_cures_are_made_by_abandoning_all_animal_food_that_simple_brown_bread_and_pure_water_are_sufficient_in_themselves_for_perfect_nutrition_and_then_leaves_them_to_their_own_responsibility\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13155\" style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\">To his great credit, however, and <span style=\"color: #993300;\">evincive<\/span> of his quick perception and accurate observation, be it said, that his special directions to his patients as to what food is best for them, are singularly judicious and philosophical, according with the more profound investigations of <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Graham<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Lambe<\/span>, and other <span style=\"color: #993300;\">dietetic reformers<\/span>. He gives them to understand, in general terms, that the more simple and plain their food the sooner they may expect to recover health. He tells them that <span style=\"color: #993300;\">coarse<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #993300;\">unconcentrated<\/span> food is the best, eaten cool or cold; that <span style=\"color: #993300;\">brown or unbolted meal<\/span> is far preferable to <span style=\"color: #993300;\">fine<\/span> or <span style=\"color: #993300;\">superfine<\/span> for the <span style=\"color: #993300;\">farinaceous<\/span> part of their diet; he teaches them that the most rapid and perfect cures are made by abandoning all animal food; that simple brown bread and pure water are sufficient in themselves for perfect nutrition, and then leaves them to their own responsibility.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_3503\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_more_could_one_man_do_among_so_many_whose_appetites_were_ten_times_as_strong_as_their_wills_Although_he_did_not_amid_the_opposition_and_persecution_which_surrounded_and_embarrassed_him_strictly_carry_out_his_own_views_of_diet_he_has_taken_a_position_far_in_advance_of_the_medical_profession_and_which_fifty_years_hence_like_the_writings_of_Graham_Lambe_Alcott_Smith_and_Cornaro_will_be_better_understood_and_appreciated_than_now\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13140\" style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\">What more could one man do among so many whose appetites were ten times as strong as their wills? Although he did not, amid the opposition and persecution which surrounded and embarrassed him, strictly carry out his own views of diet, he has taken a position far in advance of the medical profession, and which, fifty years hence, like the writings of <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Graham<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Lambe<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Alcott<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Smith<\/span>, and <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Cornaro<\/span>, will be better understood and appreciated than now.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_3503\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: right; padding-left: 60px;\" data-setdir=\"false\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"R_T_Trall_MD\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff0000;\">R. T. Trall, M.D.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_3503\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-setdir=\"false\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"unphysiological_not_in_accordance_with_normal_physiological_conditions\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #993300;\">unphysiological <span style=\"color: #000000;\">= not in accordance with normal physiological conditions.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"table_therapy_schedule_for_patients_including_a_dietary_plan\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\">table <span style=\"color: #000000;\">= therapy schedule for patients, including a dietary plan,<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_3503\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-setdir=\"false\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"artificial_appetites_desire_for_food_for_reasons_other_than_hunger_%E2%80%93_for_example_eating_too_much_when_depressed\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13135\" style=\"color: #993300;\">artificial appetites <span style=\"color: #000000;\">= desire for food for reasons other than hunger &#8211; for example eating too much when depressed<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_3503\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"intemperate_eating_%E2%80%9C%E2%80%A6eating_too_frequently_too_much_and_of_rich_unwholesome_food_destroys_the_healthy_action_of_the_digestive_organs_affects_the_brain_and_perverts_the_judgment_preventing_rational_calm_healthy_thinking_and_acting%E2%80%9D_%E2%80%93_Ellen_G_White_%E2%80%93_who_founded_the_Seventh_Day_Adventist_Church\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13135\" style=\"font-size: medium; color: #993300;\">intemperate eating <span style=\"color: #000000;\">= <span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8220;&#8230;.eating too frequently, too much, and of rich, unwholesome food, destroys the healthy action of the digestive organs, affects the brain, and perverts the judgment, preventing rational, calm, healthy thinking and acting.&#8221;<\/span> &#8211; Ellen G. White &#8211; who founded the Seventh Day Adventist Church\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"morbid_cravings_to_eagerly_wish_for_something_which_is_harmful_to_health_%E2%80%93_eg_compulsive_eating_%E2%80%93_manic_eating_of_salty_food_fried_food_etc\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\">morbid cravings <span style=\"color: #000000;\">=\u00a0to eagerly wish for something which is harmful to health &#8211; e.g. compulsive eating &#8211; manic eating of salty food, fried food etc.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"privation_a_state_in_which_food_and_other_essentials_for_well-being_are_lacking\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\">privation<\/span> = a state in which food and other essentials for well-being are lacking.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"restoration_regaining_good_health\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\">restoration <span style=\"color: #000000;\">= regaining good health.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_3503\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-setdir=\"false\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Herculean_task_a_task_requiring_tremendous_effort_strength_etc_A_task_requiring_the_strength_courage_etcof_the_god_Hercules\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13774\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">Herculean task <span style=\"color: #000000;\">= a task requiring tremendous effort, strength, etc. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13771\" style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">A task requiring the strength, courage, etc.of the god Hercules. \u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_3503\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13135\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">dietetic arrangement on strictly physiological rules<\/span> = purely therapeutic diet &#8211; <span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2018\u2026\u2026without the employment of milk, sugar, salt, yeast, acids, alkalies, grease, or condiments of any kind.\u2019<\/span> R. T. Trall&#8217;s definition in America&#8217;s first ever &#8216;vegan\/ cookbook\u00a0&#8211; more &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/leafy-greens-six-times-a-day-no-oil-the-recommended-diet-for-2014-for-1874\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_3503\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"admit_of_improvement_have_room_to_be_improved_upon_%E2%80%9Cthe_dietary_plan_certainly_has_room_for_improvement_can_certainly_be_improved%E2%80%9D\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13137\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">admit of improvement<\/span> = have room to be improved upon \u00a0\/ &#8220;the dietary plan certainly has room for improvement \/ can certainly be improved&#8221;.<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_3503\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"reducing_to_practice_putting_the_theory_into_practice\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13137\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">reducing to practice<\/span> = putting the theory into practice.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_3503\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"physiological_regimen_regulated_diet_plan_to_produce_optimal_health_wholeness\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13137\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">physiological regimen<\/span> = regulated diet plan to produce optimal health \/ wholeness<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"evincive_tending_to_prove_having_the_power_to_demonstrate_demonstrative_indicative_A_lovely_word_%E2%80%93_no_longer_in_use_in_English_%E2%80%93_this_definition_taken_from_the_GNU_version_of_the_Collaborative_International_Dictionary_of_English\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13586\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">evincive<\/span> = tending to prove; having the power to demonstrate; demonstrative; indicative.\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13680\">A lovely word &#8211; no longer in use in English &#8211; this definition taken from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"dietetic_reformers_the_1840s_term_for_what_we_call_today_100_vegetarians_or_vegans-2\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\">dietetic\u00a0reformers <span style=\"color: #000000;\">= the 1840s term for what we call today 100% vegetarians or vegans.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"coarse_unrefined_or_unprocessed_what_we_today_call_%E2%80%98wholefoods-2\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13593\" style=\"color: #993300;\">coarse <span style=\"color: #000000;\">= unrefined or unprocessed = what we today call &#8216;wholefoods&#8217;.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"unconcentrated_food_non-concentrated_%E2%80%93_not_dehydrated_%E2%80%93_%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6so_no_dried_fruits_or_foods_boiled_down_to_a_concentrated_form-2\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\">unconcentrated food <span style=\"color: #000000;\">= non-concentrated &#8211; not dehydrated &#8211; &#8230;&#8230;so no dried fruits or foods boiled down to a concentrated form.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_3503\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-setdir=\"false\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"brown_or_unbolted_meal_unsifted_100_wholemeal_bread_flour_with_100_of_the_bran_fiber_still_in_it\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13687\" style=\"color: #993300;\">brown or unbolted meal <span style=\"color: #000000;\">= unsifted 100% wholemeal bread flour = with 100% of the bran fiber still in it.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_3503\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-setdir=\"false\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"fine_meal_bran_reduced_flour_%E2%80%93_wheatmeal_bread_flour-2\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13596\" style=\"color: #993300;\">fine (meal) <span style=\"color: #000000;\">= bran reduced flour &#8211; wheatmeal bread flour.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_3503\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-setdir=\"false\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"superfine_meal_strong_white_bread_flour-2\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\">superfine (meal) <span style=\"color: #000000;\">= strong white bread flour.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_3503\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-setdir=\"false\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"farinaceous_made_from_rich_in_or_consisting_of_starch-2\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13690\" style=\"color: #993300;\">farinaceous <span style=\"color: #000000;\">= made from, rich in, or consisting of starch<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"In_the_article_Trall_mentions_these_places_these_people\"><\/span>In the article Trall mentions these places &amp; these people:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Graefenberg<\/span> =\u00a0<span id=\"yiv4613759753yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13719\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">L\u00e1zn\u011b Jesen\u00edk (until 1948 and in German language called &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L%C3%A1zn%C4%9B_Jesen%C3%ADk\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Gr\u00e4fenberg<\/a><\/span>) is a small village in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It is administratively part of the city of Jesen\u00edk (Freiwaldau).<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"yiv4613759753yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_3503\" class=\"yiv4613759753\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_place_is_known_for_its_connection_with_Vincent_Priessnitz_an_early_proponent_of_hydrotherapy_Priessnitz_had_founded_the_first_modern_hydrotherapeutic_institute_in_the_world_here_It_is_also_known_for_the_Sanatorium_Priessnitz_building_and_many_springs\"><\/span><span id=\"yiv4613759753yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13720\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">The place is known for its connection with Vincent Priessnitz, an early proponent of hydrotherapy. Priessnitz had founded the first modern hydrotherapeutic institute in the world here. It is also known for the Sanatorium Priessnitz building and many springs.<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Priessnitz<\/span> =\u00a0<span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13600\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_12959\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_12879\">Vincenz Priessnitz was\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13600\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_12959\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_12879\">an &#8216;Austrian Silesian&#8217; (the former &#8216;<\/span><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13047\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austrian_Silesia\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Austrian Silesia<\/a><\/span>&#8216; is\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13049\">now mostly part of the Czech Republic). \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Priessnitz_was_a_world_famous_%E2%80%98vegan_advocate_more_than_100_years_before_the_word_%E2%80%98vegan_was_conceived_however_Trall_notes_that_Priessnitz_did_not_himself_strictly_observe_an_animal_free_diet\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13634\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13074\">Priessnitz was a world famous &#8216;<\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13076\">vegan advocate&#8217; more than 100 years before the word &#8216;vegan&#8217; was conceived (however Trall notes that\u00a0Priessnitz<\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_12880\">\u00a0did not himself\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13654\">strictly\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13656\">observe an animal free diet).\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13137\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vincenz_Priessnitz\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Wiki <\/a><\/span>&#8211; Vincenz Priessnitz, also written Prie\u00dfnitz (4 October 1799 \u2013 26 November 1851) was a peasant farmer in Gr\u00e4fenberg, Austrian Silesia, who is generally considered the founder of modern hydrotherapy, which is used in alternative and orthodox medicine. Priessnitz stressed remedies such as suitable food, air, exercise, rest and water, over conventional medicine. He is thus also credited with laying the foundations of what became known as Nature Cure, although it has been noted that his main focus was on hydrotherapeutic techniques. Priessnitz&#8217;s name first became widely known in the English-speaking world through the publications and lecture tours of Captain R. T. Claridge in 1842 and 1843, after he had stayed at Grafenberg in 1841. However, Priessnitz was already a household name on the European continent, where Richard Metcalfe, in his 1898 biography, stated: &#8220;there are hundreds of establishments where the water-cure is carried out on the principles laid down by Priessnitz&#8221;. Indeed, Priessnitz&#8217;s fame became so widespread that his death was reported in the as far away as New Zealand.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Graham<\/span> = Sylvester Graham &#8211; vegan from the 1830s &#8211; running &amp; promoting vegan guest houses in New York &amp; Boston, USA &#8211; we have many of his original books, journals, press articles &#8211; more &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vegsource.com\/john-davis\/sylvester-graham---the-original-american-vegan-baker.html\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Lambe<\/span> = Dr. William Lambe &#8211; vegan from 1809 &#8211; he inspired Graham &#8211; we have early editions of his books &amp; copies of some of his letters to Graham &#8211; more &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vegsource.com\/john-davis\/dr-william-lambe---father-of-vegan-nutrition-and-his-vegan-biographer.html\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Alcott<\/span> = Amos Bronson Alcott &#8211; running \/ founding vegan communities in the UK &amp; the US from the late 1830s &#8211; more &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aapn.org\/photos\/a.347162712079522.1073741832.196819953780466\/279374012191726\/?type=1\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Smith<\/span> = John Smith (of Malton, U.K.) &#8211; lacto-vegetarian &#8211; author of \u00a0<em>Fruits and Farinacea the Proper Food of Man<\/em> &amp; other books &#8211; such as &#8211; <em>The Principles\u00a0and Practice\u00a0of Vegetarian Cookery<\/em> &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/b20391730\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Cornaro<\/span> = Luigi di Cornaro 1465-1566 &#8211; he records that he ate very little animal flesh. He is the author of 3 famous books &#8211; <em>A Treatise on a Sober Life<\/em> &#8211; <em>A Compendium of a Sober Life<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; and &#8211; <em>An Earnest Exhortation to a Sober and Regular Life<\/em> &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ivu.org\/history\/williams\/cornaro.html\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">more<\/a><\/span>.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"R_T_Trall_M_D\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">R. T. Trall M. D.<\/span> =<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_12865\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Russell_Thacher_%E2%80%98R_T_Trall_%E2%80%93_an_American_%E2%80%98vegan\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13600\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_12959\">Russell Thacher &#8216;<span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_12879\">R. T.&#8217; Trall &#8211; an American &#8216;vegan&#8217;.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_3503\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-setdir=\"false\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_12991\">R. T. Trall was cooperating continuously with <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/london-vegans-meeting-in-1856-elizabeth-and-william-horsell-plus-many-of-their-friends\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\">Elizabeth &amp; William Horsell<\/a><\/span>\u00a0&#8211; both of whom were &#8216;full-on&#8217; British vegans.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"In_the_late_1840s_the_1850s_vegan_pioneers_Elizabeth_and_William_Horsell_actively_leafleted_London_farther_afield_broadcasting_the_clear_message_that_%E2%80%93\"><\/span>In the late 1840s &amp; the 1850s,\u00a0<strong>vegan pioneers Elizabeth and William Horsell<\/strong>, actively leafleted London &amp; farther afield, broadcasting the clear message that: \u2013<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"_%E2%80%A6it_was_not_enough_that_one_should_give_up_the_use_of_flesh\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>~ \u2026.it was not enough that one should give up the use of flesh, <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"one_should_become_a_whole_and_not_a_half_person\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>one should become a <em>whole<\/em>, and not a <em>half<\/em>\u00a0 person, <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"and_give_up_the_use_of_tea_coffee_cheese_eggs_and_milk\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>and give up the use of tea, coffee, cheese, eggs, and milk. ~<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6-2\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Priessnitz_%E2%80%93_Telling_%E2%80%93_but_not_%E2%80%93_Forcing\"><\/span>Priessnitz &#8211; Telling &#8211; but not &#8211; Forcing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"So_in_the_article_Trall_is_telling_us_that_Priessnitz_advised_his_patients_to_eat_%E2%80%93\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So, in the article, Trall is telling us that Priessnitz advised his patients to eat &#8211; <\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6according_with_the_more_profound_investigations_of_Graham_Lambe_and_other_dietetic_reformers\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8216;&#8230;&#8230;..according with the more profound investigations of Graham, Lambe, and other dietetic reformers.&#8217;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6but_that_he_left_his_patients_%E2%80%93\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;&#8230;but that he left his patients &#8211; <\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6to_their_own_responsibility\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8216;&#8230;&#8230;<span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13155\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">to their own responsibility.&#8217;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"He_took_this_path_because_the_patients_%E2%80%93\"><\/span>He took this path because the patients &#8211;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6appetites_were_ten_times_as_strong_as_their_wills\"><\/span>&#8216;&#8230;&#8230;<span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1438232756742_13140\" style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\">appetites were ten times as strong as their wills.&#8217;<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6-3\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"R_T_Tralls_1851_Prediction\"><\/span>R. T. Trall&#8217;s 1851 Prediction<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Priessnitz_%E2%80%93\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Priessnitz &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"_%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6_has_taken_a_position_far_in_advance_of_the_medical_profession_and_which_fifty_years_hence_like_the_writings_of_Graham_Lambe_Alcott_Smith_and_Cornaro_will_be_better_understood_and_appreciated_than_now\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">~ &#8230;&#8230; has taken a position far in advance of the medical profession, and which, fifty years hence, like the writings of Graham, Lambe, Alcott, Smith, and Cornaro, will be better understood and appreciated than now. ~<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sylvester_Graham_did_become_exceedingly_well_known\"><\/span>Sylvester Graham did become exceedingly well known.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4>Henry S. Salt \u2013 in his essay\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.henrysalt.co.uk\/bibliography\/essays\/food-reform\" title=\"......most Englishmen still remain in ignorance not only of the advantages of the bread, but of the far greater merits of the \u201cScience of Human Life.\u201d\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Food Reform<\/a> \u2013\u00a0Published: Westminster Review, October 1886<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u201cTo Sylvester Graham, above all others, should perhaps be given the place of honour in the annals of vegetarian literature; for his \u2018Lectures on the Science of Human Life\u2019 form the text-book from which the advocates of the reformed diet derive their most powerful arguments.\u201d &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/veganism-a-life-containing-no-logical-contradictions\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\">more<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Science1.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-12348 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Science1-574x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Science1\" width=\"574\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Science1-574x1024.jpg 574w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Science1-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Science1.jpg 581w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Lectures_on_the_Science_of_Human_Life_by_Sylvester_Graham\"><\/span>\u2018Lectures on the Science of Human Life\u2019 by Sylvester Graham<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">William Metcalfe\u2019s signed copy Volume I of the 1st Edition &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/veganism-a-life-containing-no-logical-contradictions\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\">more<\/a><\/span>.<\/h4>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1851_50_years_1901_%E2%80%93_there_was_certainly_healthy_%E2%80%98debate_in_the_US_Britain_France_Germany_some_other_countries_There_were_still_relatively_small_numbers_of_100_vegetarians\"><\/span>1851 + 50 years = 1901 &#8211; there was certainly healthy &#8216;debate&#8217; in the US, Britain, France, Germany &amp; some other countries.\u00a0There were still relatively small numbers of 100% vegetarians.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2015_%E2%80%93\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">2015 &#8211;<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1851\"><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\">1851<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"_164_years_later_%E2%80%93_%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6with_the_growth_of_the_Internet_%E2%80%93_veganism_is_growing_exponentially_they_are_all_becoming_very_well_known_indeed\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0 164 years later &#8211;\u00a0&#8230;&#8230;with the growth of the Internet &#8211; veganism is growing exponentially &amp; they are all becoming very well known indeed.<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6-4\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"R_T_Tralls_Vegan_Advocacy\"><\/span>R. T. Trall&#8217;s Vegan Advocacy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"R_T_Trall_was_a_founder_member_of_The_American_Vegetarian_Society_in_1850_%E2%80%93_along_with_Sylvester_Graham_Bronson_Alcott\"><\/span>R. T. Trall was a founder member of The American Vegetarian Society in 1850 &#8211; along with Sylvester Graham &amp; Bronson Alcott.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4>Discussed <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/amvegsoc1850\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/span> &amp; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/advocates-of-vegetative-food-organize-an-american-vegetarian-society\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/h4>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"20_30_years_later_Trall_in_his_own_water-cure_clinics_in_the_US_Trall_offered_his_patients_%E2%80%98only_a_vegan_diet\"><\/span>20 \/ 30 years later, Trall, in his own water-cure clinics in the US, Trall offered his patients &#8216;only&#8217; a vegan diet.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"In_1874_Trall_published\"><\/span>In 1874 Trall published :<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"THE\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>THE<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"HYGEIAN_HOME_COOK-BOOK\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">HYGEIAN<\/span> HOME COOK-BOOK;<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"OR_HEALTHFUL_AND\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>OR,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>HEALTHFUL AND<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"PALATABLE_FOOD_WITHOUT_CONDIMENTS\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>PALATABLE FOOD WITHOUT CONDIMENTS.<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4>The <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/our-etymological-past\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"All of the books, magazines, leaflets, postcards etc. mentioned &amp; pictured in this blog post are being preserved in the Ernest Bell Library, which is partnered with our ongoing Henry Salt Archive project.\"  target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Ernest Bell Library<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span> has a very nice original copy of the 1888 second edition of <em>\u2018The Hygeian Home Cook-book\u2019<\/em> \u00a0\u2013 the image of the front cover is posted below.<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HYGCover.jpg\" alt=\"HYGCover\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"This_was_Americas_very_first_%E2%80%98vegan_cookbook_containing_recipes_%E2%80%93\"><\/span>This was America\u2019s very first \u2018vegan\u2019 cookbook, containing recipes \u2013<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6without_the_employment_of_milk_sugar_salt_yeast_acids_alkalies_grease_or_condiments_of_any_kind\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>\u2018\u2026\u2026without the employment of milk, sugar, salt, yeast, <span style=\"color: #993300;\">acids<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #993300;\">alkalies<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #993300;\">grease<\/span>, or condiments of any kind.\u2019<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"In_the_Preface_Trall_stated_that_%E2%80%98for_a_dozen_years_%E2%80%93_they_had_left_these_out_of_the_diet_at_his_health_centre\"><\/span>In the Preface, Trall stated that <span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2018for a dozen years\u2019<\/span> \u2013 they had left these out of the diet at his health centre.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"acids_for_example_%E2%80%93_different_vinegars\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\">acids<\/span> =\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">for example &#8211; different vinegars<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"alkalies_for_example_%E2%80%93_sodium_bicarbonate_baking_powder\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>alkalies <span style=\"color: #000000;\">=\u00a0for example &#8211; sodium bicarbonate \/ baking powder<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"grease_both_liquid_solid_vegetable_oils_fats\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">grease<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">= both liquid &amp; solid vegetable oils \/ fats.<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"See_these_pages%E2%80%A6\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">See these pages\u2026.<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HYG1.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6846 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HYG1.jpg\" alt=\"HYG1\" width=\"580\" height=\"907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HYG1.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HYG1-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HYG2.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6847 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HYG2.jpg\" alt=\"HYG2\" width=\"580\" height=\"907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HYG2.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HYG2-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HYG3.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6848 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HYG3.jpg\" alt=\"HYG3\" width=\"580\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HYG3.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HYG3-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>You can read the entire book online &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/hygeianhomecookb00tral#page\/n5\/mode\/2up\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">here<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right;\">The complete book as a <a href=\"https:\/\/ia802702.us.archive.org\/30\/items\/hygeianhomecookb00tral\/hygeianhomecookb00tral.pdf?hc_location=ufi\" title=\"https:\/\/ia802702.us.archive.org\/30\/items\/hygeianhomecookb00tral\/hygeianhomecookb00tral.pdf?hc_location=ufi\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">high-res .pdf file<\/a>\u00a0to download.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right;\">The complete book as a <a href=\"https:\/\/ia902702.us.archive.org\/30\/items\/hygeianhomecookb00tral\/hygeianhomecookb00tral_bw.pdf?hc_location=ufi\" title=\"https:\/\/ia902702.us.archive.org\/30\/items\/hygeianhomecookb00tral\/hygeianhomecookb00tral_bw.pdf?hc_location=ufi\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">low-res .pdf file<\/a>\u00a0to download.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6-5\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Our_Projects\"><\/span>Our Projects<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.henrysalt.co.uk\/info\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"The Henry S. Salt Archive is run and maintained by the site editors on the behalf of its patrons. However, we welcome and encourage anyone interested in the project to contribute.\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">The Henry Salt Archive<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span> is one of our, almost completed, projects.<\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/reviews\/the-humanitarian-league-kowloon-39395\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"Operating in Hong Kong alongside 'The Ernest Bell Memorial Library.' Republishing classic humanitarian books &amp; pamphlets. The Humanitarian League has been established to enforce the principle that it is iniquitous to inflict avoidable suffering on any sentient being. \"  target=\"_blank\">The Humanitarian League<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span> is our Hong Kong registered charity.<\/h4>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/remembering-vegetarian-pioneers-henry-s-salt-ernest-bell\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"&quot;I have little doubt that the proposal for the establishment of an Ernest Bell Library, which would specialize in humanitarian and progressive literature, and so form a sort of centre for students, will meet with a wide response.&quot; - Henry S. Salt\"  target=\"_blank\">The Ernest Bell Library<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>was conceived in 1934. It is still strong &amp; very active eighty years later \u2013\u00a0\u00a0its primary objectives are to: \u2013<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Collect_all_of_Ernest_Bells_book_non-book_works_and_make_them_easily_accessible_to_everyone\"><\/span>Collect all of Ernest Bell\u2019s book &amp; non-book works and make them easily accessible to everyone.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Collect_the_literature_of_vegetarianism_and_all_the_other_humanitarian_movements_in_which_Ernest_Bell_was_so_deeply_involved\"><\/span>Collect the literature of vegetarianism and all the other humanitarian movements in which Ernest Bell was so deeply involved.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Assist_students_and_scholars_in_their_research\"><\/span>Assist students and scholars in their research.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Introduce_all_aspects_of_Ernest_Bells_life_including_his_writings_campaign_work_influences_and_his_circle_of_friends\"><\/span>Introduce all aspects of Ernest Bell\u2019s life, including his writings, campaign work, influences and his circle of friends.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Undertake_our_own_research_into_missing_aspects_of_Ernest_Bells_life_and_work\"><\/span>Undertake our own research into missing aspects of Ernest Bell\u2019s life and work.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"We_already_have_more_than_300_pieces_of_Ernest_Bells_own_writings\"><\/span>We already have more than 300 pieces of Ernest Bell\u2019s own writings.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"We_are_also_actively_building_a_collection_of_examples_of_promotional_material_campaign_material_fundraising_marketing_activities_etc_%E2%80%93_related_to_%E2%80%93\"><\/span>We are also actively building a collection of examples of promotional material, campaign material, fundraising &amp; marketing activities etc. \u2013 related to: \u2013<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"vegetarian_products\"><\/span>veg(etari)an products.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"vegetarian_books_other_publications\"><\/span>veg(etari)an books &amp; other publications.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"vegetarian_organisations\"><\/span>veg(etari)an\u00a0organisations.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"vegetarian_businesses\"><\/span>veg(etari)an businesses.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"animal_rights_organisations\"><\/span>animal rights organisations.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"animal_rights_publications\"><\/span>animal rights publications.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"humanitarian_organisations\"><\/span>humanitarian organisations.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"humanitarian_publications\"><\/span>humanitarian publications.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"rambling_clubs_run_by_members_of_the_above_groups_related_publications\"><\/span>rambling clubs run by members of the above groups &amp; related publications.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"the_work_of_Richard_St_Barbe_Baker_the_%E2%80%98Men_of_the_Trees_organization_its_many_sub-branches\"><\/span>the work of Richard St. Barbe Baker &amp; the \u2018Men of the Trees\u2019 organization &amp; its many sub-branches.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"There_are_currently_more_than_2000_items_in_the_Ernest_Bell_Library\"><\/span>There are currently more than 2,000 items in the Ernest Bell Library.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"We_will_complete_the_cataloging_of_the_collection_as_when_adequate_funds_are_available\"><\/span>We will complete the\u00a0cataloging of the collection as &amp; when adequate funds are available.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"It_is_long_past_time_for_the_library_to_go_online\"><\/span>It is long past time for the library to go online!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"_%E2%80%9CI_have_little_doubt_that_the_proposal_for_the_establishment_of_an_Ernest_Bell_Library_which_would_specialize_in_humanitarian_and_progressive_literature_and_so_form_a_sort_of_centre_for_students_will_meet_with_a_wide_response%E2%80%9D\"><\/span><strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u201cI have little doubt that the proposal for the establishment of an Ernest Bell Library,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>which would specialize in humanitarian and progressive literature,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>a<\/strong><strong>nd so form a sort of centre for students, will meet with a wide response.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Henry S. Salt \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/remembering-vegetarian-pioneers-henry-s-salt-ernest-bell\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"Sir, From the letters that have reached us, I have little doubt that the proposal for the establishment of an Ernest Bell Library, which would specialize in humanitarian and progressive literature, and so form a sort of centre for students, will meet with a wide response. I would now suggest that it would be a most helpful step if individuals who favour this idea would lend their names to strengthen the appeal that will have to be made to some Public Institution for the use of a room, and if Societies and Journals would also express their agreement. Such a Memorial would be so personally suitable, in view of Mr. Bell\u2019s many and long continued services, and so valuable to the cause of humane progress in general, that it is difficult to see how any objection could be made to it: the sole question is whether the initial difficulties can be overcome. I trust all friends of the humanitarian cause will lend their aid. HENRY S. SALT\"  target=\"_blank\">writing<\/a><\/span> in September 1934<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6-6\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"If_anyone_would_like_more_information_please_send_an_email_to_%E2%80%93\"><\/span><strong>If anyone would like more information, please send an email to:\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"humanitarianleague_at_outlook_dot_com\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">humanitarianleague<\/span> (at) <span style=\"color: #800080;\">outlook<\/span> (dot) <span style=\"color: #800080;\">com<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%93_or_message_me_through_HappyCow_%E2%80%93\"><\/span><strong>&#8211; or message me \u00a0through<span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0HappyCow<\/span>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"https_wwwhappycownetblogauthorJohnnySensible_%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6\"><\/span><strong><a title=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/JohnnySensible\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/JohnnySensible\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/JohnnySensible\/<br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TweetThis.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10408 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TweetThis.jpg\" alt=\"TweetThis\" width=\"577\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TweetThis.jpg 577w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TweetThis-300x69.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"If_you_are_a_Tweeter_please_consider_sending_this_post_out_to_your_friends\"><\/span><strong>If you are a Tweeter, please consider sending this post out to your friends.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Thank_you\"><\/span><strong>Thank you!\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6-7\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CA_people_without_a_history_is_like_a_tree_without_roots%E2%80%9D\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>\u201cA people without a history is like a tree without roots.\u201d<\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>April \/ May 2007 \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.satyamag.com\/apr07\/goudreau.html\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"April\/May 2007 Know Your History The Satya Interview with Diane Beers By Colleen Patrick-Goudreau\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Satya<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Q)<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joyfulvegan.com\/\" title=\"Colleen Patrick-Goudreau\u2019s compassionate living philosophy is propelling plant-based eating into the mainstream and forever changing how we regard animals.\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Colleen Patrick-Goudreau<\/a> <span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2013 You use the phrase \u201chistorical amnesia\u201d to refer to the fact that contemporary animal activists\u2014and society as a whole\u2014know nothing of the legacy of animal activism in the U.S. What are some of the effects of having \u201chistorical amnesia\u201d? Why is it so important to know our legacy?<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">A)\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/idratherbewithmydog.net\/professor-with-a-big-heart\/\" title=\"Diane Beers, teacher and writer and lifelong animal lover. I was the kid who brought home the strays \u2013thanks to mom for always letting me do so\u2013volunteered at shelters, and now teach about the history of animal rights. \"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Diane Beers<\/a> <span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2013\u00a0Animal advocacy has an amazing history, yet it is essentially an untold story. African American activists will often say, \u201cA people without a history is like a tree without roots.\u201d Indeed, if activists don\u2019t know the history of their cause, they can have no sense of their movement\u2019s struggles, long-term strategies, achievements and heroes. In addition, they can\u2019t promote their long impressive movement to the public, and their opponents\u2014the meat industry, medical research industry and the government\u2014will fill the void. They have been the ones most aggressively and successfully constructing negative images and outright myths of animal advocacy that the public often believes.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6-8\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Question from a reader<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Why are there sometimes more than 30\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hyperlink\" title=\"In computing, a hyperlink is a reference to data that the reader can directly follow either by clicking or by hovering or that is followed automatically.\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">hyperlinks<\/a>\u00a0in your blog posts?<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Answer_%E2%80%93_We_like_to_give_folk_the_option_of_going_a_tad_deeper_into_the_subjects_discussed_We_also_really_like_English\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Answer<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 We like to give folk the option of going a tad deeper into the subjects discussed. We also really like English!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"tad_a_small_amount_of_something_Origin_%E2%80%93_late_19th_century_denoting_a_small_child_origin_uncertain_perhaps_from_tadpole\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\">tad<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">= a\u00a0small amount of something. Origin \u2013\u00a0late 19th century (denoting a small child): origin uncertain, perhaps from tadpole.<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mae_Wests_credo_%E2%80%9CToo_much_of_a_good_thing_is_wonderful\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Mae West\u2019s credo: \u201cToo much of a good thing is wonderful!<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"credo_an_idea_or_set_of_beliefs_that_guides_the_actions_of_a_person_or_group\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\">credo <span style=\"color: #000000;\">=\u00a0an idea or set of beliefs that guides the actions of a person or group.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;..abandoning all animal food..&#8217;\u00a0= consuming nothing\u00a0which has an animal source = 100% vegetarian = vegan Some Very Pleasant History Discussions of Vegan Advocacy from the 1840s\u00a0 An 1851 Article by R. T. Trall Russell Thacher &#8216;R. T.&#8217; Trall&#8217;s &#8211; autographed\u00a01860s\u00a0Carte de Visite. The original is in the Ernest Bell Library. The article appeared in\u00a0an Almanac published in London, UK in 1851 &#8211; by the London, UK based vegan, William Horsell.\u00a0 William Horsell, London, c.1857 &#8211; source. In this article Trall is discussing &#8211; Vincenz Priessnitz\u00a0&#8211; at his hydro-cure \/ water therapy clinic in Europe during the 1840s &#8211;\u00a0advising his patients to be eat no animal foods whatsoever. Persons&#8217; names are marked in red &amp; expanded on &#8211; below. Any words or phrases marked in brown\u00a0&#8211; we will also expand on &#8211; below &#8211; &#8230;&#8230;because some are archaic \/ no longer used in modern English. Excerpt &#8211; ~ &#8230;&#8230;according with the more profound investigations of Graham, Lambe, and other dietetic reformers. He gives them to understand, in general terms, that the more simple and plain their food the sooner they may expect to recover health. He tells them that coarse, unconcentrated food is the best, eaten cool or cold; that brown [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9728,"featured_media":13593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2274,2275],"tags":[2243,2246,2092,2093,1734,1228,2241,1152,1107,1169,2244,2083,2245,1227,1226,2249,1260,2248,2247,2242,1144,1733],"class_list":["post-13565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-vegan-history","category-vegetarian-history","tag-amos-bronson-alcott","tag-bronson-alcott","tag-colleen-patrick-goudreau","tag-diane-beers","tag-dr-william-lambe","tag-elizabeth-horsell","tag-ellen-g-white","tag-ernest-bell-library","tag-henry-s-salt","tag-humanitarian-league","tag-john-smith","tag-lectures-on-the-science-of-human-life","tag-luigi-di-cornaro","tag-r-t-trall","tag-russell-thacher-trall","tag-satya","tag-sylvester-graham","tag-the-henry-salt-archive","tag-the-hygeian-home-cook-book","tag-vincenz-priessnitz","tag-william-horsell","tag-william-metcalfe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Abandoning All Animal Food - Vegan Advocacy From The 1840s - HappyCow<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Abandoning All Animal Food - Vegan Advocacy From The 1840s - HappyCow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&#8216;..abandoning all animal food..&#8217;\u00a0= consuming nothing\u00a0which has an animal source = 100% vegetarian = vegan Some Very Pleasant History Discussions of Vegan Advocacy from the 1840s\u00a0 An 1851 Article by R. T. Trall Russell Thacher &#8216;R. T.&#8217; Trall&#8217;s &#8211; autographed\u00a01860s\u00a0Carte de Visite. The original is in the Ernest Bell Library. The article appeared in\u00a0an Almanac published in London, UK in 1851 &#8211; by the London, UK based vegan, William Horsell.\u00a0 William Horsell, London, c.1857 &#8211; source. In this article Trall is discussing &#8211; Vincenz Priessnitz\u00a0&#8211; at his hydro-cure \/ water therapy clinic in Europe during the 1840s &#8211;\u00a0advising his patients to be eat no animal foods whatsoever. Persons&#8217; names are marked in red &amp; expanded on &#8211; below. Any words or phrases marked in brown\u00a0&#8211; we will also expand on &#8211; below &#8211; &#8230;&#8230;because some are archaic \/ no longer used in modern English. Excerpt &#8211; ~ &#8230;&#8230;according with the more profound investigations of Graham, Lambe, and other dietetic reformers. He gives them to understand, in general terms, that the more simple and plain their food the sooner they may expect to recover health. He tells them that coarse, unconcentrated food is the best, eaten cool or cold; that brown [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"HappyCow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HappyCow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-08-05T23:13:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-07-24T10:18:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dr-r-t-trall_0001mini.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"580\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"251\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Edmundson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@happycow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@happycow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Edmundson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"14 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"John Edmundson\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/82520fa57a466fbf415c30cbffffec7a\"},\"headline\":\"Abandoning All Animal Food &#8211; Vegan Advocacy From The 1840s\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-05T23:13:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-07-24T10:18:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/\"},\"wordCount\":2797,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dr-r-t-trall_0001mini.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Amos Bronson Alcott\",\"Bronson Alcott\",\"Colleen Patrick-Goudreau\",\"Diane Beers\",\"Dr. William Lambe\",\"elizabeth horsell\",\"Ellen G. White\",\"Ernest Bell Library\",\"Henry S. Salt\",\"Humanitarian League\",\"John Smith\",\"Lectures on the Science of Human Life\",\"Luigi di Cornaro\",\"R T Trall\",\"Russell Thacher Trall\",\"Satya\",\"sylvester graham\",\"The Henry Salt Archive\",\"The Hygeian Home Cook-book\",\"Vincenz Priessnitz\",\"William Horsell\",\"William Metcalfe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"General\",\"vegan history\",\"vegetarian history\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/\",\"name\":\"Abandoning All Animal Food - Vegan Advocacy From The 1840s - HappyCow\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dr-r-t-trall_0001mini.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-05T23:13:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-07-24T10:18:40+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dr-r-t-trall_0001mini.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dr-r-t-trall_0001mini.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":251},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Abandoning All Animal Food &#8211; Vegan Advocacy From The 1840s\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"HappyCow\",\"description\":\"Find Vegan Food + Community\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"HappyCow\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/happycow-with-text500x500-rgb.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/happycow-with-text500x500-rgb.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"HappyCow\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HappyCow\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/happycow\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/happycow\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/happycowguide\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/happycow\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/82520fa57a466fbf415c30cbffffec7a\",\"name\":\"John Edmundson\",\"description\":\"Working to promote vegan businesses since 1978. Henry S. Salt Archive - researcher &amp; fundraiser. The Humanitarian League - researcher &amp; fundraiser. The Ernest Bell Library - archive manager. Collecting &amp; republishing historical material of vegetarianism and other humanitarian movements. Running the 'Hum-an-imal Badge Co.'.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/members\/profile\/JohnnySensible\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/johnnysensible\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Abandoning All Animal Food - Vegan Advocacy From The 1840s - HappyCow","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Abandoning All Animal Food - Vegan Advocacy From The 1840s - HappyCow","og_description":"&#8216;..abandoning all animal food..&#8217;\u00a0= consuming nothing\u00a0which has an animal source = 100% vegetarian = vegan Some Very Pleasant History Discussions of Vegan Advocacy from the 1840s\u00a0 An 1851 Article by R. T. Trall Russell Thacher &#8216;R. T.&#8217; Trall&#8217;s &#8211; autographed\u00a01860s\u00a0Carte de Visite. The original is in the Ernest Bell Library. The article appeared in\u00a0an Almanac published in London, UK in 1851 &#8211; by the London, UK based vegan, William Horsell.\u00a0 William Horsell, London, c.1857 &#8211; source. In this article Trall is discussing &#8211; Vincenz Priessnitz\u00a0&#8211; at his hydro-cure \/ water therapy clinic in Europe during the 1840s &#8211;\u00a0advising his patients to be eat no animal foods whatsoever. Persons&#8217; names are marked in red &amp; expanded on &#8211; below. Any words or phrases marked in brown\u00a0&#8211; we will also expand on &#8211; below &#8211; &#8230;&#8230;because some are archaic \/ no longer used in modern English. Excerpt &#8211; ~ &#8230;&#8230;according with the more profound investigations of Graham, Lambe, and other dietetic reformers. He gives them to understand, in general terms, that the more simple and plain their food the sooner they may expect to recover health. He tells them that coarse, unconcentrated food is the best, eaten cool or cold; that brown [&hellip;]","og_url":"http:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/","og_site_name":"HappyCow","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HappyCow","article_published_time":"2015-08-05T23:13:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-07-24T10:18:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":580,"height":251,"url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dr-r-t-trall_0001mini.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"John Edmundson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@happycow","twitter_site":"@happycow","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"John Edmundson","Est. reading time":"14 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/"},"author":{"name":"John Edmundson","@id":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/82520fa57a466fbf415c30cbffffec7a"},"headline":"Abandoning All Animal Food &#8211; Vegan Advocacy From The 1840s","datePublished":"2015-08-05T23:13:56+00:00","dateModified":"2016-07-24T10:18:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/"},"wordCount":2797,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dr-r-t-trall_0001mini.jpg","keywords":["Amos Bronson Alcott","Bronson Alcott","Colleen Patrick-Goudreau","Diane Beers","Dr. William Lambe","elizabeth horsell","Ellen G. White","Ernest Bell Library","Henry S. Salt","Humanitarian League","John Smith","Lectures on the Science of Human Life","Luigi di Cornaro","R T Trall","Russell Thacher Trall","Satya","sylvester graham","The Henry Salt Archive","The Hygeian Home Cook-book","Vincenz Priessnitz","William Horsell","William Metcalfe"],"articleSection":["General","vegan history","vegetarian history"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/","url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/","name":"Abandoning All Animal Food - Vegan Advocacy From The 1840s - HappyCow","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dr-r-t-trall_0001mini.jpg","datePublished":"2015-08-05T23:13:56+00:00","dateModified":"2016-07-24T10:18:40+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dr-r-t-trall_0001mini.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dr-r-t-trall_0001mini.jpg","width":580,"height":251},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/abandoning-all-animal-food\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Abandoning All Animal Food &#8211; Vegan Advocacy From The 1840s"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/","name":"HappyCow","description":"Find Vegan Food + Community","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/#organization","name":"HappyCow","url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/happycow-with-text500x500-rgb.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/happycow-with-text500x500-rgb.png","width":500,"height":500,"caption":"HappyCow"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HappyCow","https:\/\/x.com\/happycow","https:\/\/instagram.com\/happycow","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/happycowguide\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/happycow"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/82520fa57a466fbf415c30cbffffec7a","name":"John Edmundson","description":"Working to promote vegan businesses since 1978. Henry S. Salt Archive - researcher &amp; fundraiser. The Humanitarian League - researcher &amp; fundraiser. The Ernest Bell Library - archive manager. Collecting &amp; republishing historical material of vegetarianism and other humanitarian movements. Running the 'Hum-an-imal Badge Co.'.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/members\/profile\/JohnnySensible"],"url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/johnnysensible\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9728"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13565"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17109,"href":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13565\/revisions\/17109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}