Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages / Including a System of Vegetable Cookery

One of the earliest American arguments for eating plants. William A. Alcott, a physician and tireless reformer, gathers medical opinion and lived experience in favor of a vegetable diet, decades before it was fashionable. Earnest and thorough, it is a founding document of American vegetarianism. A pioneering classic for anyone interested in the long history of eating for health and conscience, from one of its first and most determined champions.