Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-12-29
From Halls Journal Of Health.
DYSPEPSIA.

The nervous energy is the motive power Of the
whole man, moral, mental, and physical. When
that power is equally distributed, the body is well,
the brain is clear, and the heart is buoyant. If
the brain has more than its share, it burns itself
up, and makes the clean Cassius, the restless
body and the anxious oountenance.
AS there is a given quantity of nervous infu-
ence for the whole body, if the brain has more
than its natural portion, the stomach has less, con-
sequcntly the food is not thoroughly assimilated,
or, as we call it, dtgested. This being the case, the
requisite amount of nutrimcn is not derived from
the food, and the whole body suffers, doubly suf.
fers; for not only is the supply of nutriment def
cient, but the quality is imperfect. These things
20 on, aggravating each other, until there is not
a sound spot in the whole body, the whole machi-
merry Of the man is by turns the seat Of some ache,
or pain, or symptom. This Is a common fOrm Of
aggravated dyspepsia.
Such being the facts, some useful practical les
sons may be learned.
l.. Never sit down TO the table with an anxious
or disturbed mind; better a hundred fold iutermit
that meal, for there will then be that much more
food in the world for hungrier stomachs than yours
and besides, eating under such circumstances can
only, and will always, prolong and aggravate the
condition of things.
2. Never sit down to a meal after any intense
mental effort, for physical and mental injury is in
evitablc, and no man has a right deliberately to in
ijure body, mind, or estate.
8. Never go to a full table during bodily ex-
haustion; designated by some as. being worn out,
tired to death, used up, done over, and the like
The wisest thing you can do under such circum-
stances, is to take q cracker and a cup of warm
tea, either black or green, and no more. In ten
minutes you will feel a degree Of re~freshment and
liveliness, which will be pleasantly surprising to
YOU: not Of the transient kind which IL glass of
liquor affords, but permanent, for the tea gives
present stimulus and IL little strength, and before
it subsidies, n%utrimcnt begins TO be drawn from
the sugar, and cream, and bread, thus allowing
the body, gradually and by safe degrees, to regain
its usual yigor. Then, in n couple of hours. you
may take Il full meal, provided t does not bring Il it
later than two hours before shutdown; if later, then
take nothing for the next day you will feel u fresh
ness and vigor not recently known.
No reader will require to be advised a second
time, who will make a trial as above, while it is a
fact of no unusual observation among intelligent
physicians, that eating heartily, under bodily ex-
h~austion, is not an inlrequeut cause Of alarming
and painful illness, and sometimes of sudden death
These things being so. let every family make it q
point to assemble around the family board with
kindly feelings, with a cheerful humOr, and u cour-
teous spirit, and let that member Of it be sent from
the table in ~disgrrce, who presumes to mar the
ought-to,be blessed reunion by sullen silence, OF
impatient look, or angry tone, or a complaining
tongue. Eat in thankful g~ladness, or away with
you TO the kitchen, you graceless churi, you un
grateful, pestilential tout that you are There
was grand and good philosophy in the old tim,
custom of having u bufoon, or music at the din
ner table.