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Joseph Ritson

An Essay on Abstinene from Animal Food: As a Moral Duty

[1802] Joseph Ritson, An Essay on Abstinence from Animal Food: As a Moral Duty (London, 1802; Google Books: Online Library of Free eBooks).

A compilation of information from many different sources from antiquity to the 1700's subdivied under the following sections:

Contents

Chap. I. Of Man
Chap. II. Animal Food Not Natural to Man
Chap. III. Anima Food Not Necessary for the Purpose of Strength or Corpulency
Chap. IV. Animal Food the Cause of Cruelty and Ferocity
Chap. V. Animal Food the Cause of Human Sacrifices
Chap. VI. Human Flesh the Consequence of Animal Food
Chap. VII. Animal Food Pernicious
Chap. VIII. Health, Spirits, and Quickness of Perception Promoted by a Vegetable Diet
Chap. IX. Nations and Individuals Subsisting Entirely on Vegetable Food
Chap. X. Humanity