The causes and treatment of imperfect digestion / by Arthur Leared.

  • Arthur Leared
Date:
1875
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Credit: The causes and treatment of imperfect digestion / by Arthur Leared. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of tlie gums, sometimes attended by fetid secre- tions, greatly interferes with mastication, it is ..ost important tliat solid food should be du y prepared, by chewing, for the action o the stomach; and it is also important that the starchy elements of food be sufadently sub- mitted to the action of pure saliva. _ There are numerous other causes whicli affect the digestive organs less directly, but no less injuriously. It has been assumed by some writers that the conditions of civilization are incompatible with the highest degree of health. But there is every reason to believe that dys- pepsia affects all races. The Laplander is especially subject to water-brash; the Maories of New Zealand suffer much from dyspepsia; and the use of bitter substances to promote digestion is known to many savage tribes, ihe extremes of abstinence and repletion common with savages, their precarious mode of existence, their fits of complete indolence, followed by exhausting fatigue, must cause them a full share of digestive trouble. The relative superiority in physical strength of civilized over savage nations has been suffi-
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