On diseases of the stomach : the varieties of dyspepsia, their diagnosis and treatment / by S.O. Habershon.

  • Samuel Osborne Habershon
Date:
1866
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    intervals suffice to elapse between the meals, and larger quantities are taken. Dr. Edward Smith has educed some very interesting facts, especially bearing upon digestion in ordinary adult life, that, in the morning hours digestion and assimilation are performed in their most natural and therefore most healthful manner, and that period especially demands an abundant supply of nutrimentand to quote again from the same talented author, that the rate of pulsation and respiration, and the evolution of carbonic acid were found to be the gi-eatest in one or two hours after breakfast, and at about four or five hours after the meal it was reduced to the lowest point of the working day, a point about ten pulsations higher than that of the lowest period of the night. But although digestion is more active at the earlier part of the day, and least so in the evening, still it is an unwise plan for those who are engaged in pursuits involvmg much intellectual and physical fatigue, to allow the whole afternoon and evening to elapse Avithout partaking of some sustaining diet; it is not sufficient to take a substantial mid-day meal, without anything of a really nourishing land afterwards, for the sleep is less refreshing, in consequence of greater ex- haustion during the night. The processes of digestion are often, and that very properly, lost sight of, and doubt- less much irregularity and indiscretion are borne with impunity, still, the penalty is afterwards paid; irregu- larity and excess cannot bo continued without future