Mirror for dyspeptics; from the diary of a landlord.

  • Sanderson, J. M.
Date:
1844
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Credit: Mirror for dyspeptics; from the diary of a landlord. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    the proper sauce, to make them palatable. Our Tippecanoe broth, which was once so desirable, but more recently supposed to have been seasoned with Virginia abstractions, we think by changing the spices and substituting the Cider of New Jersey for the Crab of Virginia, it may be restored to favor; but as there is no annexation in the Clay of Kentucky, we cannot say how far it will be relished by the opposite party. Our Tariff, which has been ad- justed solely for the purpose of revenue is entirely free from the objections of the manufacturer. In the South it has met the appro- bation of all parties, and by the universal Yankee nation of the North, its provisions are alike respected. For the lawyers, the doc- tors and the clergy, we have bills which will suit their palates— subjects which will test their gastronomical skill, and matters which may be converted to the most useful purpose. Indeed it is our in- tention to bring all to the Bar, where they may be judged accord- ing to their works. In the execution of these several duties, we find our path strewed with a multiplicity of tastes, and many, very many appetites to be gratified. But in the progress of our business it is not our intention to med- dle with the tastewhich. is regulated by the eye—we shall onlyuse that delicate organ to see that things are properly done. With that which presents itself to the ear, we will endeavor to be alike cautious, and after the example of our illustrious cotemporaries, give most atten- tion to the object that promotes the interest or flatters the vanity. Our immediate business is particularly connected with the nose and the palate, and as Hudibras says, It is plain enough to him that knows, How saints lead brothers by the nose, we will leave the discussion of taste, generally, to those who consider themselves master of the subject. We have no disposition to fit out a vessel for the discovery of new worlds, nor yet subscribe to a steamboat. It is only our province to look at the matter that passes in, instead of the impalatable and indigestible stuff that comes out of the mouth. It is particularly the business of the prudent merchant to regulate the imports by the stock of goods on hand. As our object then is to prove that eating is necessary to our ex- istence—that it cannot be done by deputy—that it is an amusement that contributes more than any thing else to our happiness, and that the protection of our health is the most serious, and should be the most important consideration of our lives, we shall endeavor to show that the organs of digestion should be protected from the wear and tear to which they are unnecessarily exposed. The professional men of the country—the gentlemen, who from the nature of their professional duties, and of course confined to sedentary habits, are every day presenting themselves with faces drawn up like the mouth of a meal bag, seeking something to sustain a broken constitution ; and when the question occurs as to the cause of the dilapidation, it turns out that they have been living upon the impalpable compost of the plain cook, or the food of the laborer who tills the ground,