Observations on the functional disorders of the kidneys, which give rise to the formation of urinary calculi : with remarks on their frequency in the county of Norfolk / by William England.

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[1830]
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    66 M. Braconnot* states, that slarcb constitutes from 83 to 85 per cent, of rice, which is known to be a very nutritious unstimulating article of diet. Since wheat flour contains a large proportion of gluten,-]* it is a question whether it is not con- sequently more liable to undergo the acetous fermentation, when constantly introduced into the stomach in such an alimentary form as to excite there a morbid irritation, and vitiate the natural qualities of the gastric juices. It has been long observed that the employ- ment of a small portion of animal food tends to correct the acetous fermentation which all vege- table matter is liable to undergo, to a greater or smaller extent, after being introduced into the stomach. Dr. Prout has also alluded to the important share which the albuminous principle has in assisting the function of nutrition : now this principle actually exists in considerable quantity in the whey (serum) and caseous matter of milk; hence the great advantage to be derived from the combination of a milk with a vegetable diet; and we are well aware, that, from the earliest dawn of memory, the notoriety of Ire- land's butter-milk and potatoes has not been * Annales de Chcmie et Physique, iv, 383. + For different analyses sec Dr. Henry's Chemistry, Vol. ii, Ed. 10.