In a message dated 98-04-21 18:05:45 EDT, you write: << please post all the information you can about the the book (like the date it was published) >> That was all the info I had, unfortunately. The front cover is torn away along with the first couple pages. I was put out by The National Health Bureau of LaFayette, Indiana. Which is the only address given, even though it says to send orders to that address (no street name). It looks like the company also put out a magazine called Perfect Health. It looks like an old vegetarian organization with knowledge of raw foods. Quotes 1916 statistics. The articles or chapters are by different doctors, for example, Dr. Leanard Keene Hirshberg, "How Gall Stones May Be Removed By Simple Methods." (Johns Hopkins University) Book talks about curing syphilis through fasting. It recommends the use of eggs and milk and beans and grains instead of meat. It's a great book. It lists the authors name as simply AUTHOR I'll read you a quote "Meat will give strength to the lions, tigers, and other carnivorous animals. But meat does not give strength to the bull moose, a better fighter than the lion, nor to the elephant, a stronger animal than the tiger. Every day is meatless for the bull moose and the elephant. Man is not a carnivorous animal and every day should me meatless. The food consumed by livestock of our country would support 500,000,000 human beings. Meat is an un-scientific food for man. The man who eats three big meals daily, smokes, and sleeps in a room with little or no ventilation, is only half at work during working hours." Talks about the problems with mouth breathing. Aaron