Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-12-25

Mr.. P0ihtel dJ P6ftaiL PeiHtfe 81 Litb6s
graphic, v0Hlaht eonsaefsf, par TN souvenir,
eette %s6lsbnit6, s'6eeupe en- CO moment, b
repf6dtiife, en- lith0Rrsphfs 10 CapitoIsG CID
SOUS deuE fages ri dsgfss isp
plans. en- elevation OF ee6m5tti4
ner off, and dyspepsia IL efsB indaeeA
by persons in business allowing t6o long
time 70 elap e between breakfast abd din.
ner. Tea Of eefas should so6n follow djb.
heF rs they d. not e6usitGts q meal. but
merely q slight siimulapt 10 assist and
quicken The action of The stomach.
Much bss been said against upper. TIE
salefnian school has given the dogatsI
eottplet-
Fix nigga e@5h, st6naehi fl rta1ifns fBes.
Ut sic b6fta les S, iii ttbi eaaa bfsvfs.
liipp6erates and Gslen hold that tho supper
SHOULD be the fullest meal. The ~sibauafi.
ty Of Ibis opinion disappears. however,
when il is known thai the sana nsns has
bseu bestowed on two different tbings, md
that We ats disputtbR about the satae with.
out thinking Of what II Il msahti 10 repre-
| sent. The two Greek writer's did not mean
tbat tic st0maeh should bg loaded with fDod
before going TO sleep, Their supper was
the meal after the fa'igaes Of the dry and
dinner In high tfe takes place 81 n later
hour Than the supper oftbe aneisnts. TIE
lunch which IL tajten, BY people 81 fashion.
in The middle Of the dag, ~ somewhat later,
II In Get The dinner and there IL 40 dc
fsrenes but q name In Tbs midday meal Of
the plain citizen and the nobleman,s The
latter. however, has m advantages over the
former, that the stppef which he takes.
gDdfr the naDs Of dinner, IL much lees
injurious than The supper which the citizen
takes before sbroudi 10 bimaR In lie
blankets. Yet 70 good siOmaehs, a sappsf
before going 20 led does 30 harm. Il IL
only the slow diaesfer, Or the dyapeptle,
that viii receive Il visit from the night.
mare, and rise In The morning With \ sfHl
loaded stomach. 4 full oF heavy supper
IL seldom taken without The addition Of
tombier Of punch, q practice, which al,
though, IN conjunction With tail II such ~ !.
pers, oftbe most banefIl effects In the lola
run, Is 10 The meantime, very proper.
But, though regularity If meals N Of he
utmost Importance for the health n tho 10.
dtYidaal, yet we mtist take into eonsiders.
lion, age, ser, manner cliff, seasons, and
batiis, ~ leading 70 come notifications.
Children cannot he confined 20 reRulafIJ
to meals, as their digestion IL more active,
in order that material be supplied for the
growth Of the body. They should there.
fore, be allowed food when h0egy. Old
men require food often, as their stomscbs
are able 10 digest only = little AZ q time.
Women, likewise, being more feeble in
their digestive organs than fneB, can only
take The lighter kinds Of food, and only a
little At time, and they consequently re.
qnire food more frequently than The other
sex. Persons leading a sedrnsary Iis ran
want food mgch longer than those engaged
In an active one. In winter the appetite
Is keener than 10 SUMMER. aad The, meals
may bc more frequent, for fbe Gigestion il
better. Habit, il must always be recoIlect-
ed. IL everything n diet, and must never be-
rasbly izterfrred wth.-Feom K7gouIs
Leetave on 7~heropentls and Hygiene.