Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-11-04

MISCELLANEOUS.

IsNrERAruaE AND APPETIrE The statement,
o. ua'el ers respecting the voraeity common among
ene natives OF Arctic regions have often cen read
WIN rs onishmen'. The Z. qumaux swrlo~ ,rs n
OIL end consider 1t &c ea,c drink; the blubber OF a
whale IS choice bit for an ep'eure. We have
sone~here seen IL stated that eish, pounds Of meat
eaen constitute the d,ily ration OF the men en-
p'oyed by The Hudson Bay company The Rus
sans OF the North are great consumers OF sre,,,.
the most concentrated form in which animal fo,d
may DC t'ken seems 10 be the mos, preferred.
Leois' IN his Animal Chemistry, gives some ply
sroIogca' reasons Tor ihese peculiir,es. The tenn
e.atue OF the blood IN the human body is the same
IN coll as In warm climate. Yet in Laplend, where
'he climate IS from seventy to ninety degrees colder
'hsn IN Sicily, much larger proportion Of neat is s-
ven on rom the body than is distracted in the NOR.
southern Climate; and this loss is res;o cd within the
oo1y with grei, rapidly. Or Lisbe continues his
observations with the following illustrations:
In the animal body the food is fuel with a pro.
per supply OF oxygen, We obtain the heat .,yen
oos curing us oxidation or combustion. In winter,
~stn we take exercise IN q cold atmospher. and
wheb consequently the amount OF inspired cIysen
increases The necessity FOE food containing carbon
ano hydrogen Increases in the same ratio; and by
sfat'ylns the appetite thus excited, we obtain the
most eiheent protection ug,inst the most piercing
cold. starving man j. soon frozen 10 des,b. and
every one KNOWS that the animals OF prev 10 the
Arelc regions far exceed 10 vcssci,y those of the
iofnd zIne. Our clothing is merely IN equivei ent
oI certain amount OF food. The more warmly
we are Clothed, the less urs ent becomes the appetite
ios 1905 because The lose Of heat by cooling and
consequently the amount OF heat to be supplied by
food, Is diminished.
u &c we're 10 90 naked, Ike certain savage trises
or ", IN hchhns or fishing, We we're exposed 10
vac sane degree c. cold tho Symoyctes, We
snou'd De abie ~rh ease To consume ten pound q
n,sh, ana rethspj O. z.n OF tsow candles into
Tue bargain, eaily, as warmly clad travellers have
Isie'ed Win astonshmtnt Ct these people. We
shouo u en- also he able to take the same uuan
wy CT brancy or traia oil without bad effects I've
cause the carbon and hyjroson OF these sub.tances
"ouId only sufhcc 10 keep up the cquilibrunp be-
t~een The external temperature nd mat Of cur bo-
des.
. The Enslishman in Jaraic. secs with regret the
uSap pe1ranee of his apostle, previously source
o. frequently recurring enjoyment,; and he succeeds
~ 'he use OF Cayenne pepper, and the most Pow
eiui SUM ante, in enabling himself 20 swallow as
,nuen 1000 es he was accustomed TO take at home.
ou' the whole OF the carbon thus introduced into
'ae sys en- Is not consumed; the temperature Of The
ar Is too high, end tie oppressive heat doc. not a.
70" rim 10 increase The number OF respiration. by
acoVe exercise and illus 10 proportion the waste 10
tne amount al food taken. Disease OF some kind
therefore, ensues. Ga the other hand England
sends her slek-~bose diseased digestive o,.sns
hA'e' IN greater lee, degree, los; the power Of
bringing the food into that IN which Il 10 b. 5,
adapted Tor oxiiat;cn and, tner, fore furnish less
resistance 20 the oxitzing tgtncy of the atmo,
phefe, IMAM 3 required in their native c!imste-to
southern regions, where the amount Of in. pit.d
| oxygen Is diminished proportion; szd the result
an improvement IN health, is obvious.