Our brain, body and nerves / by Andrew Wilson.

  • Wilson, Andrew
Date:
1911
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Our brain, body and nerves / by Andrew Wilson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    position, select that fact as the basis of a theory that a particular food, and that alone, can supply the wants of the organ of mind. I should rather say that the true statement of matters lies in the direction of the remark that the food which will perfectly nourish the body at large will of necessity contain the elements the various systems demand. There are, however, a few rules regarding the food for the nervous system which it may be worth our while to consider. For instance, brain workers will require less food than those who are employed in occupations involving hard manual labour. The food which suits a navvy perfectly, will not be adapted for a barrister or a doctor. The former has a robust digestion capable of assimilating the coarsest of fare ; the latter has a much more delicate digestion, and demands his food in a form in which it may be most readily assimilated. This latter point is all-important, apart from the mere quantity of the food required. If the brain worker takes fish—white boiled fish for preference—alternatively with meat, he may be doing himself a physical favour. This result accrues, not because the fish is more nutritious than meat, but because it provides
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