Remarks on the influence of mental cultivation and mental excitement upon health / By Amariah Brigham.
- Brigham, Amariah, 1798-1849.
- Date:
- 1845
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Remarks on the influence of mental cultivation and mental excitement upon health / By Amariah Brigham. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![with long-continued disorder of the digestive or- gans ; to throw aside their dedters, blue pills, mus- tard seed, bran bread, &c. &c, and seek bodily health and future mental vigour, in judicious ex- ertion of the body, innocent amusements, cheerful company, ordinary diet, and mental relaxation.* * [It is a great error to study immediately after eating. In such a case the nervous energy required for the process of di- gestion instead of being expended upon the stemach, is wasted upon the intellectual organs. The almost inevitable result is dyspepsia ; and it will be found that those who are in the habit of strongly employing the mental faculties shortly after taking food, are more or less subject to this affection.—Indigestion is exceedingly Common in the United States, and arises doubtless from the habit so prevalent in that country of returning to busi- ness immediately after dinner—R. M.] 17](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33027985_0189.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
