The A.B.-Z. of our own nutrition / by Horace Fletcher ; experimentally assisted by Dr. Ernest van Someren & Dr. Hubert Higgins.
- Horace Fletcher
- Date:
- [1904]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The A.B.-Z. of our own nutrition / by Horace Fletcher ; experimentally assisted by Dr. Ernest van Someren & Dr. Hubert Higgins. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.
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![APPETITE, ATTENTION, &c. — Continued Second Appetite ls a creature of the mind and does not attach to a tissue. It can be as easily changed, from abnormal to normal, by suggestion, as can the mind itself, and is not like a solid, the form or habit of which has been set in a mould. Whoever has once experienced a bad oyster and has abhorred oysters ever after will substantiate this claim regarding the caprices of appetite. 7-7.7 APPETITE can be easily comprehended and read and the degrees of its sat- isfaction understood by simple attention and study for a brief period (vide Van Someren). rp *fa Attention is necessary to create rottrin Appreciation, and appreciation is absolutely necessary to stimulate the secretion and flow of gastric and other digestive juices (vide Pawlow). Jj**f+In ANGER, or shock of any kind, and xtZJlrl \y0RRY, or any of the pessimistic de- pressants, stop digestive activity and cause indi- gestion (vide Cannon). o,. ,y Menticulture should begin with its application to selection (through a normalised appetite) of nutriment for the body, and continue to aid digestion by right thinking. It is very easy to cultivate calm and fortify against surprise, shock, and anger if the nutri- tion of the body is carefully attended to. The physical and the mental equipments are beauti- fully reciprocal and necessary to each other in promoting Menticulture. [7]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21024674_0051.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
