INDEX
Reading edition
A Abstinence, long abstinence from food harmless, 20, 133 Aggressive hospitality, 118 Alcohol, the abuse of, 135, 140 Alcoholic stimulant, 145 Amundsen, Captain, 185 Anderson, Doctor W. G., 18; begins Fletcherizing, 23; at Yale test, 24, et seq., 143 Appetite, 6; wait for a true, 10; selects simplest foods, 36, 136; is true hunger, 52; resting the, 56 Atwater, Professor, 12; his diet standard, 110 B Bacterial Decomposition, 58 Battle Creek Sanatorium, experiments on members, 21 Beer, how to take, 60, 121 Bowditch, Doctor H. P., 15, 125 Bradefagy, 65 Business men and Fletcherism, 41, 43 C Calorie, the heat unit, 61 Calorimeter, 6l Cannon, Doctor, 81, 125 Carbohydrates in human diet, 61 Chanute, 124 Chewing, and Fletcherism, 66; Mr. Gladstone on, 67 Chittenden, Professor, visited by Mr. Fletcher, 16; volunteers to experiment, 18; on careful chewing, 85 et seq.; on head digestion, 83 Christian Endeavour Society, 44 Circumvalate papillæ, 9 Cornaro, Luigi, 118 D Decency and Fletcherism, 126 Delirium tremens, a cure, 153 Diet, prejudice against unaccustomed, 94 Diet standard, the best suited to economy and efficiency, 60; Voit's, 109 Dietetic righteousness, the Gospel of, 50, 128, et seq. Digestion-ash, the, 58, 59, 93 Dow, Hon. A. G., 49 E Economy of Fletcherism, 41 Emerson, 129 Endurance tests: Irving Fisher's, 21; Granger's and Wagner's, 21-22; Mr. Fletcher's at Yale, 24 et seq. Epicure, the true, 47 Excess of food, difficulty of getting rid of, 38; fermentation of, 47 Experiments: Someren, 13; Yale University, 16; Chittenden, 18; U. S. Army, 19; Irving Fisher's, 98; Seventh-Day Adventists, 151 F Fasting, the value of, 170 Fat, putting on, 70; Doctor Anderson on, 137 Fats in human diet, 61 Fermentation of undigested food, 47 Fisher, Professor Irving, endurance tests, 21; his endurance-testing-machine, 26; experiments with students, 98 Fletcher, Horace, refused by insurance company as poor risk, 2; at Galveston, Texas, 3; discovery of the mouth food-filter, 6; in the Philippines, 112; delivers address before New York Academy of Medicine, 128; at the Buffalo Club, 147 Fletcherism, its five principles, 10; and housewives, 41; economy of, 43; and long life, 49, 118; and muscularity, 111; and companionship, 123; as first aid, 155 Fletcherite, the dictionary definition, 116 Food-filter, our, what it is, 6; using it properly, 35, 66 Foster, Sir Michael, interested in Fletcherism, 13; organises tests at Cambridge University, 13 Fruit, how to eat, 59 G Gladstone, his theory of mastication, 4, 67; as Fletcherite, 7 Gluttony and avoirdupois, 161 Granger, J. H., 21 Grape-sugar, 69 H Head digestion, 73 et seq. Higgins, Father, on alcoholic stimulants, 44 Hindhede, Doctor, 102, 187, 191 Hopkins, Professor F. G., conducts tests at Cambridge University, 15 Hospitality, aggressive, 118 Housewives and Fletcherism, 41 Human diet, the organic materials of, 60 Hunger, what is, 51 Hunger-habit, 40 Hutchinson, Doctor, 73 I Intemperance, overcome by Fletcherism, 45, 141, 153 Intestinal toxication, 42 J Japan, 2, 94 Java, diet in, 95 K Kellog, Doctor, 45; test at Tennessee Institute, 151 König, Professor, 110 L Leonardi, Professor, in co-operation with Doctor Van Someren, 13 Liquids, Fletcherising, 120 M Mastication, what happens during, 7; Fletcherism not excessive, 64 Meals, choosing, 32; how many a day, 37; chosen by appetite, 54 Meat and Uric Acid, 187 Mendel, Professor, 18 Milk, as food material, 32, 102; how to take, 60, 121 Mineral waters, 121 Morbid cravings, 150 Mouth digestion, 73, 76 Mouth during mastication, 7 Muscularity and Fletcherism, 111 N National Food Reform Association, 64 Nitrogen, 61 Nutrition, the best safeguard to right, 48 O Optimum economic nutrition, 63, 107 Organic materials of human diet, the, 60 P Pawlow, Professor, 57, 74, 125 Peristalsis and fruit, 59 Potato, the, nutritive value of, 103 Proteids, the, 60 Protein enthusiast, the, 108; the danger of excess of, 181 R Responsibility in nutrition, our personal, 5, 80, 96 Rockefeller, J. D., xi, 190, 193 et seq. Roosevelt, President, 19 Root, Secretary, 19 S Saliva, chemical transformation of food by, 8; wait for profuse flow, 52, 62; action on starch foods, 68 Scott, Captain, 108 Seventh-Day Adventists, 151 Someren, Doctor Van, first experiments with, 13 Soup, how to take, 60 Stagg, Alonzo B., 21 Starch foods, action of saliva, 68 Stomach, digestive processes in, 74 Swallowing impulse, 9, 57 Swallowing sense, 140 T Taste, getting the best out of food, 10; the test of, 91; and liquids, 121 Taste-buds, the, 7 Tea, how to take it, 59 Temperance and Fletcherism, 138, 149 Tests. See Experiments and Endurance tests. Tramps and Fletcherism, 138 U Uric Acid and Meat, 187 U. S. Army, instructions to, 57 V Vegetarianism and Fletcherism, 180 Voit, Carl, his diet standard, 109 W Wagner, Doctor, 22 Wine, how to take, 60 Wine-tasters, professional, 147 Wood, General, 19 Wright Brothers, the, 124 Y Yale University, experiments at, 15 Y. M. C. A. Training School, Springfield, test at, 29 Z Zuntz, Doctor Professor, 78