The physiology of digestion, considered with relation to the principles of dietetics / By Andrew Combe.
- Andrew Combe
- Date:
- 1845
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The physiology of digestion, considered with relation to the principles of dietetics / By Andrew Combe. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![body injured by deficiency of food, 75-98 CHAPTER X. CONDITIONS TO BE OBSERVED BEFORE AND AFTER EATING. General laws of organic activity apply to the stomach as well as to other parts—In- creased flow of blood towards the stomach ‘during digestion—Hence less circulating in other organs—And consequently less aptitude for exertion in them—Bodily rest and mental tranquillity essential to sound digestion—Rest always attended to before feeding horses—Hence also a natural aver- sion to exertion immediately after eating —Mischief done by hurrying away to busi- ness after meals—Severe thinking hurtful at that time—Playful cheerfulness after dinner conducive to digestion—The mind often the cause of indigestion—Its mode of operation explained— Also influences nutrition—Illustration from Shakspeare —Importance of attending to this condi- tion of health enforced, A - 98-105 CHAPTER XI. THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CONSTITUTION AND OF FOOD CONSIDERED WITH RELA- TION TO EACH OTHER. Man remarkable for the variety of his food —advantages of this.—Man not guided by instinct to the choice of his food, but by observation and experience—his welfare thus intrusted to himself.—Principle on which fitness of food ought to be deter- mined—information still much wanted.— Nature of constitution to be considered. — Varieties of constitution or tempera- ment—the lymphatic, nervous, sanguine, bilious, and mixed temperaments.— Diet ought to be modified aecording to tempe- rament—illustrations.—Different kinds of food—their classification and division into animal and vegetable.— Dr Beaumont’s table shewing time of digestion of differ- ent articles.——General results as to the re- lative digestibility of animal, vegetable, and liquid food.-_Why animal food is most quickly digested; and highly concentrated food injurious; and the digestive appara- tus longer in herbivorous than in carniyo- rous animals.—Londe’s propositions re- garding the relative digestibility of ani- mal and vegetable food._Animal] food and test ofits dietetic qualities:—Division into fibrinous, gelatinous, and albuminous meats.—Adaptation of each of these to different temperaments, ages, and states of health. Vegetable aliments and their properties—Principal divisions of them, and remarks on their intestinal digestion, laxative quality,-use and adaptation, 105-126 CHAPTER XII. ADAPTATION OF DIET TO CONSTITUTION, AGE, SEASON, AND MODE OF LIFE. cumstances—Diet must vary with time of life—Diet in infancy—The mother’s milk the best—substitutes for it.—Over-feeding a prevalent error— Diet after weaning— Too early use of animal food hurtful— Diet of children in the higher classes too exciting —and produces scrofula — Mild food best for children—Incessant eating very injurious— Proper diet from child- hood to puberty—It ought to be full and nourishing, but not stimulating — Often insufficient in boarding-schoolse_Diet best adapted for mature age—Regimen power- ful in modifying the constitution, mental as well as physical—Farther investigation required, 126-138 CHAPTER XIII. ON DRINKS. drinks—Thirst increased by diminution of the circulating fluids—The desire for li- quids generally an indication of their pro- priety— Much fluid hurtful at meals— Most useful three or four hours later— The temperature of drinks is of conse- quence — Curious fall of temperature in the stomach from cold water—Ices hurtful after dinner— useful in warm weather, when digestion is completed and caution used—Cold water more dangerous than ice when the body is overheated — Tepid drinks safest and most refreshing after perspiration—Kinds of drink—Water safe for every constitution—Wine, spirits, and other fermented liquors, too stimulating for general use, but beneficial in certain circumstances — Test of their utility -—— Reformation effected by Temperance So-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33284921_0021.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
