Excerpt from Diet and Hygiene in Diseases of the Skin Of the matters concerning which I speak positively I am so fully convinced from observation in innumerable cases that I can only add that I trust that many others will put them to the test. In regard to the basic idea of this book, that metabolism, as influenced by diet and hygiene, can have the greatest effect upon the structure and diseases of the tissues of the body, including the skin, there can be no doubt. The hope is that this work may be the means of directing many others to study and record the effects of diet and hygiene in this class of dis eases, and that the matter here contained may be the means of aiding many in overcoming certain diseases of the skin which are often so very obstinate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.