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sci can take up and APPROPRIATE. When she air
tubes and air cells are obstructed, and the ca.
pacity cflhe lungs diminished by disease, the
extent Of that diminution measures exactly the
wasting of the body, which must take place
to bring Il down to an equilibrium. And II
that disease extends itself,-involving a fur
ther loss of capacity--in The same ratio, of in.
crease, the emacialion will be found to pro-
gress II on the other hand The disease is ar.
rested, the patient from that moment ceases 10
lose in weight; and If the obstruct.ons become
diminished, he gains in weightin the same ra-
ito as the increase of capnchygt 7t !
We have so often watched the delicate de- |
lpendence existing between respiration and nU !
triton, in consumption cases, tha! the correct.
ness of these ObseryatiOus is 70 our mind indu-
bitable.a Hence we repudiate as uuphilo
sophie and absurd The common praclies of .or,
turing the stomach with 'Fonic Mixtures, pre-
Iparations of Iron Bark, and tie various
prescriptions commonly given TO improve nu.
triton consumption is ever attended by de-
fective nutrition, but what serious organic dis,
ease is not? Even the simplest functional dis
turbance Of the stomach, bowels, liver or kid.
! neys. is followed by a loss Of appetite, and It
continued by rapid emaciation. Who even
saw patient rise from bed Of fever without
being wasted almost to a skeleton? We have
wasting in consumption just as we have it in
inflammation of the lungs. The loss Of flesh
+ahd The loss Of strength are consequences not
causes secondary not priptfy We have in
boih.a local cause which precedes,
The only efectua means of Improving the
luutrition! IF CON uni PivSS is stOrfmOvs fhe OBJ
structions from their lungs, by-a judicious To-
cal application ofremedies, and thus allow ma.
ture to receive again. through her accustomed
channel. her own natural stimulus. .ull.,
We have been led TO make these preimina-
4 Ery remarks from an apprehension that without
them our observations on the importance of a
: proper diet in the treatment of consumptive
diseases would not be properly understood
We do not mean TO undervalue diet as ne
cessary adjuvant to proper treatment, but to
hdiSslpate an antiquaIed error, which daily leads
to the most calamitous consequences in causing
consumption 20 be mistaken. and mal-treated
for dyspepsia Such an error inthe physci-
an, with all the advantages which science now
affords to guide him, is sure indication ofste,
reolyped stupidity. Il. us... ...' ,.'.. '
To return from this digression--tho ough nu-
ltrition is not an act of the stomach. proper
nutrition presupposes proper digestion and
proper food, and cannot exist wi hout them =
A proper supply of food is necessary to health
We know that the poor and destitute in all
/. over crowded cities are badly developed, chief
ly from the want of sufficient food, and expe'
rience daily proves that all animals that are
poorly fed become weak ard pine away. A
gain, experiments have been made on animals
by feeding them plentifully on one article Of
their common food, and Withholding the
Others and in all such instances rapid enact
alton has taken place, showing that variety as
4 well as quantity are necessary. The human
q race was eyi dently formed, anatomically ant
physiologically. with The design that mai
shouli partake of every variety of food. Th'
beasts oflhe field. the fish Of The sea, th
fowls of the air, and the vegetable. kingdom
: were each and all given him for his use, il
, his pleasures and his necessities. II we lool
: at the immediate results produced by an al
: most purely vegetable diet on the one hand
and by strongly 'animal diet on the Other
= we see much to approve and condemn in both
u There can be no question that the best. die
+" will be fonnd in a combination midway betwee
," the two extremes-anmal and vegetable. l
both, there aIe certain articles that are objec
III tonableya and there aretothers that are ben
!" :, e6cial in different degrees. some being nor
y nutritious and more digestible than others
= !Theselwe will endeavor to point out for th
y J guidance of the ipYalid. F0ExfE
y Fresh meats should form the basis of II
!, " copslmpliyers Diet They, are generally cas-
70 Of digesJlop, containing a large amount 6fni
/ trlment IN a small compass ana contain IN th
= greatest degree those very elements whiC
- the system requires to build up its wastes; I
~ : Beef, mutton, chickens, rabbits, geese. pa
/. ridges, quas and pigeons are the best kind :
~ flesh, and should invariably be eaten Drilled
US roast--never fried or boiled. With the -let
ng there should be a due proportion of fat--abo
a one part of fat 10 three Of lean In their Sc
're SON. potatoes, lettuce. onions, white turhip
y tomatoes and celery. are good and wholesOn
IN vegetables. Eggs when fresh and boiled 81
y, fciently hard to give form tOthe yOik'
'S' veryonutritious, and form a good base I
on on breakfast II is an error to suppose that
ne raw OF, 'soft-boiled' egg is most digssdble,
- F..fa a. H. II