Dr Allinson's health essays to be re-published

January 3, 2008

Essays by a Victorian doctor, who was struck off for claiming that

smoking was bad for the health, are to be published again.

Dr Thomas Allinson's letters, first published in 1893, were so

controversial that the General Medical Council struck him off a year

later.

Dr Allinson grew up in Manchester and qualified as a doctor from

Edinburgh University in 1881. When he opened a GP's surgery in south

London he noticed the poor quality of life for many people.

He advocated three hours a day of walking or other exercise, told

people not to work too hard, to cut down on salt, eat more fruit and

vegetables, avoid tea and coffee before bed and to be teetotal.

He was also an enthusiastic vegetarian. But his advice to give up

smoking appalled society as doctors regularly recommended a cigar as

a way to clear the lungs.

He was against many medical drugs of the day which included poisons

such as arsenic, mercury and opiates.

Dr Allinson is probably best known today for the name of the bakery

he founded that still bears his name.

Archivists working for the bakers have published a free pamphlet

containing his original health guide.

January 3, 2008

Walking 3 hours a day sounds revolutionary. If everyone tried to get

this much exercise, they would more or less have to follow his other

recommendations -- lots of fruits and vegetables, no salt or smoking,

and not working too hard -- to keep it up.

At 7:36 AM +0000 1/3/08, heartwerk wrote:

>....He advocated three hours a day of walking or other exercise....

January 3, 2008

It's difficult to find 3 hours spare to walk in!

Jo

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<yarrow

Thursday, January 03, 2008 6:58 PM

Re: Dr Allinson's health essays to be re-published

> Walking 3 hours a day sounds revolutionary. If everyone tried to get

> this much exercise, they would more or less have to follow his other

> recommendations -- lots of fruits and vegetables, no salt or smoking,

> and not working too hard -- to keep it up.

>

> At 7:36 AM +0000 1/3/08, heartwerk wrote:

> >....He advocated three hours a day of walking or other exercise....

>

> To send an email to -

>

January 3, 2008

Exactly!!

At 8:06 PM +0000 1/3/08, jo wrote:

>It's difficult to find 3 hours spare to walk in!

>

>Jo

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><yarrow

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>Thursday, January 03, 2008 6:58 PM

>Re: Dr Allinson's health essays to be re-published

>

>> Walking 3 hours a day sounds revolutionary. If everyone tried to get

>> this much exercise, they would more or less have to follow his other

>> recommendations -- lots of fruits and vegetables, no salt or smoking,

>> and not working too hard -- to keep it up.

>>

>> At 7:36 AM +0000 1/3/08, heartwerk wrote:

>> >....He advocated three hours a day of walking or other exercise....

>>

>> To send an email to -

>>

January 3, 2008

wish i could find the time to walk three hrs a day

maybe if i was retired....

i'm on my feet all day..but, ....

yarrow Jan 3, 2008 10:58 AM Re: Dr Allinson's health essays to be re-published

Walking 3 hours a day sounds revolutionary. If everyone tried to get this much exercise, they would more or less have to follow his other recommendations -- lots of fruits and vegetables, no salt or smoking, and not working too hard -- to keep it up.At 7:36 AM +0000 1/3/08, heartwerk wrote:>....He advocated three hours a day of walking or other exercise....

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Confucius