Fletcherite

fletcherite English Etymology From en Fletcher ite, named after Horace Fletcher. Noun A practitioner of Horace Fletcher's theories, especially regarding the extremely thorough chewing of food. en 1907 The Conquest of Cancer Caleb Williams Saleeby F. A. Stokes Company Now I submit that the Fletcherite bowel, which at its fullest is practically empty, and at its most septic is practically microbe-free, approximates so nearly to the condition of the foetal bowel, that if the absorption of undestroyed trypsin is credible in the one case it is credible in the other. http://books.google.com/books?id=9fQRAAAAYAAJ&dq=fletcherite&pg=PA72#v=onepage&q=fletcherite&f=false 72 en 1913 September Bob White, Down 't Aberdeen Field and Stream 18 5 T. N. Buckingham http://books.google.com/books?id=K412sqqMAPIC&lpg=PA209&dq=buckingham%20fletcherite&pg=PA209#v=onepage&q=buckingham%20fletcherite&f=false Their contents would have made the weariest Fletcherite drool at the mouth and forget his number of chews. 458 en 1957 w:Martin Gardner Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science Dover http://books.google.com/books?id=TwP3SGAUsnkC&lpg=PA221&dq=fletcherite&pg=PA221#v=onepage&q=fletcherite&f=false The motto of the Fletcherites was “Nature will castigate those who don't masticate.” 221 en The Simple and Natural Way: ... to Perfect Weight, Radiant Health and Transformed Life Shailaja Prashant Kedari Balboa Press 2012 It is fascinating to read that any waste generated out of a Fletcherites body will have no offensive odor, be it the digestion ash (excreta), urine or sweat. http://books.google.com/books?id=eXh9kRmPTOYC&lpg=PT40&dq=fletcherite&pg=PT51#v=onepage&q=fletcherite&f=false 51 Synonyms en Fletcherist Related terms en fletcherize, en Fletcherism en eponyms