Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-11-18

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csyou agrees bsst with your stomach"
conteins more useful advice than rules,
or an account Of long list OF sub
stances, saidto be Of the most easy dl-
gestion, can furnish. For though
there are certainly some articles Of
food generally more easy Of digestion
than others, yet there are always Stom-
achs sufficiently obstinate. capricious,
and unaccomodaiing. to be ready 10
give the lie to the dysprptic doctors
recommendation, and 10 the utility Of
all rules
One will obsiinaiely digest half a
pound OF filberts, without difficulty or
uneasiness, and rejec, or bear with a
thousand agonies, Two teaspoonfuils OF
white wine So curious, strange, and
onnipolent are the qualities of the
nerves of the stomach, that in one case.
no sooner does The smales, quantity OF
any acid reach its cavity, than the bald
head Of The individual instantly breaks
out into proluse perspiraIion, which
is ditfused generally over the scalp.
The weakest stomach, know, di-
gesi, sal, beef better than any thing
else; and wa'er-grnel, SO justly cele-
brted, II vomts back again with the
most peevi>h Immature and want OF re-
specltui consideration 10 modern dis
covcries. But The patient is mol to in
fer from this example that such food is
easy oi digestion generally, which is
contrary 10 the fact; hut he is TO inie,
tina, there is more practical knowledge
TO be obtained in his own case, by
watching or ascerialning The pecullarl-
ties OF has stomach, than in scrupulous-
ly following the customary rules for
the selection OF diet
Different stomachs, like different hu-
man beings, possess different charac-
ters--probably from the peculiariles
III their nervous constitutions, which it.
sell y sUmething very IKE branch O.
the peculiar mind Of the individual, or,
at least, very much modified by it.
The folly Of !egislating for the stom-
ach creates changes in practice, which
are anything but respectable. If the
mind rules Inc nerves of the stomach,
and hence digestion, what set of rules
Tor diet could meet It's varied wander
ings, unless the effect of its workings
was simple weakening of the nerv-
Gus power? This, however, does not
appear 10 be the case. Sensitive per-
sons VIII act most wisely, by studying
the particular constitution Of their di
gcsilve organs, and carefully watching
the different effects of di fierent substan-
ces used as diet at different seasons or
conditions of the mind. TIE absurdi-
~ OF rules are hourly evincea in prac-
ticc. know many patients in whom
Vegetables, so generally obnoxious, will
suit the stomach better than any othc.
kind OF food; and where a cubic inch OF
lean meat, SD much recommended.
would instantly create uneasiness, fol-
lowed by sense Of load, oppression
and swelling of the abdomen. Again,
fat, pure fat, and melted butter, accor-
ding to books the greatest enemy a
weak stomach can encounter, will
sometimes most disrespectiully and
splteiully TO the learned authors OF the
said books, sit scornfully triumphant ir
the legitimate habilation Of waler-gru
el!--Dr. Fletcher.
BARcELoNA--SpAIN.-The city o
Barcelona, the capital Of the Province
OF Catalonia, in Spain, in which orig
mated The movement that resulted ir
the punishment Of Esporlero, ane
which at the last accounts commanded
the attention. of Europe by reason o
its sturdy resistance 10 The govern
ment esiablIihed at Madrid upon III,
overthrow of the Regency, was found
ed by the Carihaginians under Hamil
car Barcino, about 600 years befor,
the Christian era, and named by then
ia honor of their general.
After having been conquered success
sively by the Romans aud the Go,hs
II was suhjugated by the Moors earl,
in the eighth century. 1t rename,
nearly hundred years in possession
OF the inhdels, before it was recovere,
by the Catalans, with the help Of Char
lcmagne and Ludovce Pho. Sine,
then il has sustained seven regula
seiges.
In all ages Barcelona has been re
mo Lab IL, A.. r.. -. =