Talks about people's stomachs / by Dio Lewis.

  • Lewis, Dio, 1823-1886.
Date:
1870
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Credit: Talks about people's stomachs / by Dio Lewis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO JAy MOTHER, E JBetotcate £rjts EZSortt. SHE GAVE ME A PREDISPOSITION TO DYSPEPSIA, -BUT WITH IT THE CONTROL OF MY APPETITES; SO THAT I THINK THE INHERITED WEAK- NESS HAS PROVED A MORAL ADVANTAGE. NOT ONE OF MY READ- ERS WILL MORE FULLY APPRECIATE EVERY THOUGHT, AND NOT ONE WILL VOUCHSAFE A MORE HEARTY BLESSING TO EVERY GOOD INTENTION. THE VISION OF HER BENIGNANT FACE AWAY THERE IN THE OLD HOME, AND THE THOUGHT THAT SHE CON- STANTLY MUSES OF HER ABSENT SON, AWAKENS MY BEST IMPULSES. Co merit anti mjog fjer Iobmg approval, IS my richest reward. The Author.