The Express.
London, England, 1859-03-10 00:00:00

LITERATURE

general Debility and Defective Nutrition. By
ALFRED SUER, F.H.B. Churchill.

Bodily debility is one of theme many "common
thin often of the highest importamee, tee very
6miliarity of which stands in the way of their being
rationally 'remained and understand. To impart an
interest to snob ordinary topics is the exclusive pri-
vilege of ability of the highest order. Mr. Sines
has accomplished this in the coarse of a very small
volume, in which be oonrideissuccemaively the nature
of the human organism, the varieties and symptoms,
the canoes and consequences, and lastly the treat-
ment, of debility. Thee" heads are discerned is as
easy and natural manner, the teachings of misses
being everywhere confirmed and eluoidated by the
lessons of experience. We might instant,' the
chapter on the diet of the patient subject to
debility, or suffering from defective nutrition, as one
which should be studied by all matrons: it is full of
sensible hints and corrections of common errors.
Respecting the practice of keeping the patient on
slops, Bk. Some says :
Mat is arse to beef 4 a for the real d, turtle sad rice
milk are to be preferred; but in my Jedgmest, rl forms of
sUps eheahl be sbudiesed at the miler moment, se not
well carrier be the apes of alertly., and said food
should be setrltsted, ern in email gratifies. se Nos r
re eta nsth will bear ft. The perfection of milk, so heir •
food of noun's reract'on, might lead us to form too high
es
intimate of its mawe. When takes from the cow direr,
it Is we rah, and retains is its pre state so much better,
VW Wes cow tumor tell me thee they sever found • man
who ward take a plass of pore wow milk matey moraine fol-
lowing wi tont sickness. Fee thr reser, when red, it
should always be dilated with Weir which, inked, it is
already too mach sews buy it la kris town'. Asses milk
le lights . then cows' milk, bat se it cannot be proved to
say en at ester, it may be discseded, except under very
special circumstances.
Akin I. milk, we bare the egg es • Ord of nature's m-
erciless, and costaining all the proper elsreete nattier%
=llerbstalaer se ess mixed withaasisikall the the "ikekserles"rseylaileinb-
seener mired he almost by the burn fear.
The beet enfirsides 'appose that all forme of plating,
lernier, cows' bail, erre foot Jelly, have bat little road-
dor vales, end may be diapered With sliogrether, except so
kr se they an sgreestde to the prate wire the amine wed
desire for food barkdose. _ _

The chapter on wines is one we should like to
quote did space permit. The author justly observes,
ft is cruel to recommend wine to those who can but
just laird beer. This leads him to observe:
Neat in order to wins, but yet having differences from It,
we have the varieties of melt Uwr, which is • most excel-
lest slisaulen. when cweliePy *emoted. For Se surgeon
three Mies codes—table beer; • thin hese, et which Seeds
r h'llle.e!sy he taken as as rumple; sad porter, of which
• afoot ma be regarded as a type. Is eases where
wit beim Is , the kidneys ought to be freely acting,
the liege mad the kids sot easily excited. When
appbeehte, malt lime sees as both swat end drink, having
a sustaining poem fee beyond vise or alcoholic atnslosts.
Bottled et at I bale need in convsleeoent chelos sod
chilma't disrobe., is preference t , any other liquor • sad I
hare BM WWII speedy reeloration slier lie tree than bye
other remedy witeteoever. TM highly dead malt,
gives colour and femur, is gra.efal to the stomach ; we
enjoy the same prier:dna in oar wall-baked bread; we relish
it in oar brown gneiss; we like it in tom* sad valor.
WWI there limy britsbiLty of stomach, I dad that Most
is yeetrahli ti say foam of melt Wiser oth. raise, any light
soma els may be seed be debility, auurding to the fumy of
the patine.
dome be etimelate the kidneys mad excite thirst, at
times, end they sot persidowsly • for this rem n, I believe,
the fmistrodisedes of Freed liters into England would do
mere to yen thmkensess than my other piss.
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Intemperance in drink receives many striking
illoetratioas in the couch of this little treatise.
The drunkard u recovers his wasted health :
repentance may save the soul, bat it will not renter*
the body :
It °move be bee widely known through the length and
breadth of the land, that though, during thelaet feek=,
the met severe competidos has taken piece between
life assurance oompan ea far Inteinees, not one bee tiered to
beware intempeeste lives, or lives which bath been Intern-
et say ancleased rate. No reaseetabte rate meet. the
rent ie in vain that the drunkard returns to propnety,;he
can sever altogether ether the mischief ; and although much
may be dose, by mat pereeverthee and skill, he never can
altogether being himself into a healthy stets, or be regarded
as a tbonsughly healthy life. The frame of the drunkard is
debilitated throughout. and he stoke by pneumonia, disease
of she liver, or other malady depending upon debility, which
cuts off his career prematurely. insurence COTIMILSieS abhor
the drunkard, as a Oak far too great and smoothie to be
estimated sod safely ereakiesed. if the career of • drunkard
be waeched, it is smontelling bow soon be passes away, as if
the voice *Shatters exclaimed, Cot it down, why cambers

it the groand • -
Is his last chapter Mr. Base observes :
As debility Lade to so rimy dime's and bas so heuertant
is blesses is :he durdios of Ilk, it is qua whe-
ther ser meal system *Lb respect to the 'nadirs' peetsesion,
Is MOW Sid with the test results to the *ifs. Is my
jam at. every hemostat 'bead ham ita make] adviser,
ass whew *my member Mooed take ancticss when de-
tr basin of brat fret seurred, sad wisn the
lomat said be seaseved. I ham observed that
Thss7e—she marry medal ors as steles% look upon them
Is • diiseent light from these who simply desire to be doc-
tored, sad ran to and fro tar sem• infantile maid° fR their
wielder slimmed. Is the ems owe, the ineractiosa of the
milked man are valued laispeadestly of physics and
'wind* are Ism* dud, at times, the higbemt medical skill
may be maployed without the adminioratios of dregs. In
the other sees pine est potation, ere • necessity, sad every
Wm le Omega to bay is specific effect qua Ws state ot
ros.
Foe awes WOODY este boasphold should have Its 'clash,
sat poebebly es marl payment to the medical peace Maur
weld be prekrret by the patiest, who would tints sewage
the sanest pail, mad sot be sahib d with extra
what lenses oiliest* deprive, him of obisin,zig ttPam:sar:
of duly essessaates Ike medical man. I ham always
retemmamdad this system we'll ti the genera
prseeltioasr, se that sot only test adapted to haws
he aid lite, bet she as the beet
against the s prownskas of many specialtr=dles
helticashls witchcraft of those who believe is royal roads el
This is very sensible advice. The prunes of pay-
ing the medical attendant sooordiog to the quantity
of drugs supplied is, we believe,' source of incalcu-
lable mischief, and is altogether unworthy of the
intelligence of the age. We have great pleasure is
repo:Emending Mr. Smee's little volume, which is
full of valuable instruction conveyed in a safe and
available form.

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