The Sun.
London, England, 1827-12-22 00:00:00

information. It gives a perspicuous and inte-
resting account of the " anatomy of the digestive
apparatus," and touches, with the hand of a skil-
ful and experienced master, the various disorder&
which fall within its scope. - It excels in cone®
billing theory and practice, alike condemning the
systematizing of the mere speculatist, and the
prejudicial eccentricities of the ignorant empyric.
In short, it is evidently the production of a
scientific and practical physician.
The .follownig sensible and useful remarks
upon the extent to which we may indulge the
appetites of hunger and thirst, are worthy the
attention of all, .but more particularly of the
dyspeptic:—
We now proceed to consider the question of
the extent to which we are justified in going to-
wards satisfying the craving demands of the two
sensations (hunger and thirst) to which we have
above referred. May we eat, that is to say,
when we are . hungry, and drink when we are
dry ? No, say some of our systematic dieteti-
cians--,twelve ounces a.day is the limit, beyond
which, if you pass, you abridge in the long-run
your present. well-being, and lessen the duration
of life and health. The robust and hearty indi-
vidual, who knows nothing of indigestion, or
who is a stranger to the feelings which • satiety
produces, may, if he so please, live and eat with-
out regard to weight. ant. measure ; may even
indulge. in drink during the rnim- tL.t hp
is calling largely upon the digestive powers of
his stomach ; but let the weakly and the dyspep-
tic be careful how he exceed his twelve ounces
in the twenty-four hours, and let him abstain
from drinking even water at the time of meals,
lest he dilute and weaken the gastric secretion,
and eall upon the stomach to do more than the
organ is able to accomplish.
In objection to the second clause of the
above dietetic mandate, we may refer to what
has just been advanced on the nature of the
gastric secretion ; remind the reader, that so far
from water weakening its powers, in the way of
dilution, it is not even diffusible through water ;
and in respect to the rule which prohibits and
admits precisely the same to all valetudinarians,
we may only refer (as indeed I have done by an
extract from Dr. Paris,) to the vast variety, even
among the weakly, of constitutional power, to
show its foundation in truth and nature. No, it
is by sensation, and not by scales, that we must
be regulated in these points ; and, in the general.
way, we need be under no apprehension of de,
viating from rectitude, either in respect of quan-
tity or quality, if we attend to the law of 'satiety
above laid down by Dr. Philip, and listen to the
admonition of Dr. Johnson, not to call forth any
" conscious sensation in tile stomach, whether
of a pleasurable or painful kind„".
This law of satiety, which is made the rule
by which the quantity of food to be taken by
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which
is, that hunger may continue for some time
after the stomach has received more thin would
be sufficient, under other circumstances, to in-.
duce satiety. The advantage of such a rule over
every artificial method by weight and measure,
; tlh© consequence
must be obvious ; for it will equallyk apply to
every person, under whatever condition or cir-
cumstances he may be placed. If he be of se-
dentary habits, the feeling of satiety will be
sooner induced ; and if a concurrence of cir-
cumstances should have invigorated his digestive
powers, •
he will find no difficulty in apportioning
the increase of his food, so as to meet the exi-
gencies of the occasion.

STATE OF TRADE.-HUDDERSFIELD, DEC,
18.—Trade has, as might be expected at this seasons
been very dull to-day in the market. Our new mail
hither does not appear to answer very well, as it has gene—
rally been behind time, and frequently without any pas_
sengers.

morning there was a heavy gale of 4lnd,
The John and Polly smack, of Yetiland, -IV':
danger. The
has put to Eea, from our harbour, wit"' -
WAY, master,
'andTanhoitsher brig is descried in the West Bay in 'imminent
crew of ten hands, to her assistance, displaying to?' ide
intre-
pidity of conduct highly to their eredit.....Dorsei 6hron