ABSTRACT
We have to lament that our mode of cure is so contrary to the inclinations of the sick. Though perfectly aware of the efficacy of the [diet] regimen, and the impropriety of deviations, yet they commonly trespass, concealing what they feel as a transgression on themselves. They express a regret that a medicine could not be discovered however nauseous or distasteful, which would suppress the necessity of any restriction of diet.
