Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-07-12

eApeiieu from the ailmentary cavity, by vou-
ting nor pureing, but is taken up in state
OF solution, by The absorhents of the stomach.
and mingled with the blood of the portal
veins: not in any case, nor degree, however,
10 supply the wants Of the vital economy.
but to be expelled from the vital domain.
through The kidneys, lungs, skin aud other
depurating organs OF The system, as a foreign
substance. By the long and habitual use of
this substance however, the organic sensi-
bliites of the stomach, and Of all the other
parts OF the system, become so much impair
ed by It's qualities, that, they no longer make
SO energetic resistace 10 il, as when they
are healthy and undepraved, and the sal; is
gradually permitted 10 pass more and more
freely, into The general circulation, and be
ddused throughout the whole vial domain,
-perVading the minute vessels of the glands
and other parts, and becoming so permanent
quality of The serum of the blood, as TO be
regarded by many, as an evidence ofthe ne
cesity Tor its dietetc use.
The facts ia regard TO the dietetic use of
salt then, are these: l. Salt is wholly innu.
trltlous sit affords no nourshment 10 any
structure or substance Of the human body;
3. ii Is utterly indigestible lit enters lie
t body as a mineral substance, is absorbed
unchanged, as mineral substance, goes
the rounds OF the general circulation as an
unassinllated, mineral substance, and is f.
naiiy, eliminated from the body, through the
kidneys, lungs, skin, &c, as an unassimila,-
ed, mineral substance ;-3. lis acrid quality
Is offensive 10 the vital sensibilities of the
organs, always causing vital reaction or
resistance; and this utGt reaction coasti-
tWeS the only stimulation euer produced
6y SAT-; and is therefore, always attended
with commensurate degree Of irritation
and vital expenditure, and followed by a
correspondent degree of indirect debility and
atonY: and consequently il always and in
eVltab!y tends TO produce chronic debility,
preternatural irrltabillty and disease the
stomach, inleslnes, absorbenls, veins, heart.
arteries, and all the other organs of the sys-
bllitated 10y It's presence.-4. Ii never in any
measure. promotes digestion nor any of the
assImllaIng functions of the system on The
contrary, IL always retards those functions,
, and is unfaVorable TO all the vital changes.
Where stomach has been greatly debauch-
ed and It's energies prostrated, the sudden.
aud entire abstraction of salt and all other
stimuiants from the food, would uudoubted-
ly leave that organ in temporary state Of
atony or depression, which would unfit il
: for the performance Of its function. But it
) is entirely certain that, in stomach whose
powers and sensi5ilities are uaitnpaireI and
: healthy, salt always relards digestion and
{ embarrasses the function, and diminishes
The functional powers ofthe organ and the
impaired stomach receives tone from it, only
upon principle, which is always, and ineV-
y ltably, untriendlY 10 lis own ply siolog;cal
interest and 10 those OF The system 10 gener-
$ al. And this is all true Of every other as
Stimulating function and process Of the vital
!! economy, and hence il is a well ascertained
= truth in The science of physiology, that the
~ dte,etc use OF salt is untriendly 10 all the
y processes of assimilation, nutrition and Sc
: erection, in the vital economy--5. Ii atways,
u in proportion TO lhe freedom with which it
is used, din,inishes gustatory enjoyment.-
y IL is true that, there are some substances
lie eaten by man, whose qualities are such that !,
II they are rendered more tolerable by the use
IN of salt, than they would be without il but
le liz is nevertheless true that the use oil salt
T. with those substances, always and necessa-
l. rily impairs the nicely discriminating power
OF Of The organ Of taste, and takes away The
: delicate perception Of the agreeable qualities
a. of more proper food, and thereby, On the
le whole, UNNECESSARILY dininishes the amount
t of guslatory enjoyment in The course OF an
d ordinary e.--,Incredible as this may ap-
g pear TO many, every Intelligent individual
Is may demonstrate its ruth by three months
+ fair experiment.
lie Bat we are told of the great abundance Of
ic salt In nature--of the instinct of some Of the
i lower animals, which prompts them TO go a
IL great distance TO procure it-of its necessity
a. 10 preserve the lives OF some of the domes-
to- licated animals, and OF the Scripture author
e; ity for its use in human detail these
ID points have carefully examines, .aad from
m the examination, am the more folly con-
N WINGED that the salt is not necessary, nor
D. a proper article for the dieieiic use o. man.
r lis great abundance in nature affords no ey-
', idence either for or against the propriety of
er mans using il as an article Of diet. As to