DIET AND DYSPEPSIA.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 7163, 6 September 1886, Page 4

DIET AND DYSPEPSIA.

Jfo.sr authorities aro of opinion that cheese i indigestible, yet even on this point ( dors caunot agree. A distinguished 1 t'uch chemist has suggested that, to r- :i ler cheese digestible, a quarter or "an oi.iii-e of postnsh should be added to every \> mud of cheese;-while a German chemist 1 - experimented upon several kinds of i (I— such as cheesjp, meal, milk, and c. j.s — au.t ho boldly declares that cheese i} o nioi\ iudigustiblu than meat and v .. otiur -ivticltts of diet. Suppers aro i: 'i.illy eumlemne.l. Some doctors assert t'.' ' riipp'Ts ar" not only unnecessary, but j 1 w'iv h umful; tli'it Bound sleep can1 . ■ oViii '■-•! .Uti 1 .h.!u, and that three I. v...1s a da\ arc biitlicunt. On the other I iii, othcibiir of opinion that a light s-.iu, cr i» Qi,cr.ssiiry to procure sound . i). Alurameal,lheys-aj', blood is dr.isvn 'ivis tiu">toinach to "apply the juices „ din dv^ehtion. Hi nee the brain re1 i< .-4 bioo'l than liuiia^ fasting, be1 ,- jiiliyiix] tin. pow< ib become dormant. , irii "sir- , t>UnUt.s. A doctor says . .1. i; lid^ li •v ub cilled at 2 a.m. to a i i\ who ad.xtiifd him thai ehe was dying.

in body was wunn, lie says, tho heart 1 iiii; lioneht work. To her indignation he I'nlercd buttered bread to be eaten at once. Onojinu, the "dying" woman. waa soon : . 1 prised by a return of life und a desire I • bleuji. Milk is generally considered a ii.ctiliurly nutritive fluid — indeed, a perfect -. 00 1 — uhd therefore suitable for persons i.i all ages when it agrees, with their t-;oniachß ; yet no less an authority than Sir Henry Thompson states that " for us who have long ago achieved our full .urowth and can thrive on solid food it is ultogether superfluojs, and mostly uiischevious as a drink." He also Bays tbat iho primary object of drinking is to satisfy i.mst, and that water is more powerful to i f end when employed free from ill mixture with any solid material. I1I 1 looolute, thick cocoa, or even milk, are, 11 ret'ore, not so efficacious in allaying U ; ;fctn9 wuter. "So plentiful is .nutriu -it," he adds, " that tho very last place •uheru v.<i sliQuJd eeek that quality is tho i .ink which accompanies the ordinary n.ial." In this respect, at any 'rate, Sir il. ary Thompson is at one with tho vegetarians.— All lite Year Round.