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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![B The Mechanical and Chemical Physiology of Nutrition BUCCAL DIGESTION THROUGH MOUTH THOROUGHNESS Mouth treatment of food, which permits, aids, and includes insalivation (mixing with saliva), and which is both actively digestive in its func- tions and preparatory to final digestion, is the only actual mechanical responsibility we have in our nutrition; and, in connection with favour- able A conditions, insures perfect digestion. It has been so fully and clearly explained in some recent articles, Observations on Mastication, by Dr. Harry Campbell, F.R.C.P., physician to the Northwest London Hospital, printed in the Lancet of July nth, 18th, 25th, and August 8th, 1903, that reference to the articles, reprinted herewith, is all that is necessary here. In giving attention to careful mouth-treatment of soft or liquid foods until they are absorbed by the Swallowing Impulse the best health and economic results are obtained. It should, at least, be tried. This will not be found to be a tedious opera- tion after a little practice, when the habit of attention and care has been formed. On the contrary, a new appreciation and enjoyment of taste will be acquired, the delight of which has to be experienced to be understood. Some hints on learning how to read the appe- tite, command the attention, and masticate and swallow food material properly follow. [8]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21024674_0052.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
