The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-09-03

stomach With thc naked eye, and viewing
all the processes or stages through which
different articles OF food mus, pass i'm the
act of digestion.
Hot bread never digests, Bear this in
mind, reader, it you are accustomed to
eat the light and tempting biscuit at "tca,"
or the warm loaf that looks so appetlzing
on your dinner table. Hot bread never
dige>ts at nil; it viii, after long season
ot t0mbIng aud working about in the stcm.
ach, begin 10 icrmcnt, and it will cventu
ally be PASSED out ot the stomach as AN
umweicUmc guest OF that delicate organ;
but IL never digests-nevcr becomes AS
simulated 10 or absorbed hy the organs
that appropriate nutrition to the body. 1t
rs, however, tirstrale dyspepsia produccr.
Chopped meat, moSleued, Introduced
through this bullet hole into the mans
stomach, is found TO uouri>h him Just -
1t would II taken nj tie mouth, Al llat
the "rauicmt' Requires, IN that case, Is 10
DC allowed to chew a piece OF gum, (mcrc
~ 10 satisfy TIC habit OF cl,wng. We sup
posc) and lac gets along rs well as IT he
had eaten his dinner; II Is undoubtedly
eel, ami this can only he done through
The proper agencies appointed for tia,
purpose by nature.
\cnIson dgcsts ~ III hour; COO. cd uys-
icrs III TWO hUuiS and u hast; raw uNstvrs
\r"muHry To oGr previous Inirra>iuu) Ihrce
hours aud haiti beef steak two luui,
and Il half; Fat pork Iowr hours; team pork
htlr more than three Lours. Iruuahh
the rue would lot apply TO al! persons :;
differently III different sIuma.hs but the
general principle here illustrated uudouht.
rdly holds good IN the Great majority of
CasCs.
Canmc, uIiea into healthy stomach,
according to DIR. BmntIng's experiments, is
ionnd 10 rriatc 1t; II gwen IN case OF dis
ease, II does not have that effect.
MrthIuineSs, at and after meal, f,ci,i
tates digestion wonderfully. Take ST.
Martin To a theatre, for instance. after a
hcarty evening meal, and let him enjoy II
good comcdy-ttre Jesuit IS Astounding {;
digestion l. promoted 10 an astonishing
dcgicc. Laugh and grow tat is an
adhSe Now seen 10 DC iUuHdcd upon Il
physiological truth.
But make Ih:s man suddenly augrv, un.
cry, under Tie above circumstances, aud
presto! what II change. The whole pro.
cess is al once a'rcstrd-brouSht To 4 sud-
den stop, as it 10y The stroke Of an electric
shock and II does not again 90 on as
well rs before, until considerable time
after the emotion which caused the inter
ruption has dicd away.
Water is the first !h.pg taken Up and
absorbed toy The stomach, and this must
bc done tcturc food is acted upon, even il
the water Ic taken subsequently to the
food. Eating aud drinking freely alter.
mntc!y, at meals, us habit, is not sane.
toned ty the revelations made through
thc bullet hole III s.. Martins s,umach.-
Another bad practice Is lie habit of eating
between meas, and ut alI Eoars. Thls
custom, according To the disclosure here
made, Is npst pcinicious one. Rcgu.
lari'y, above all things, is to lie Observed,
10th III the quantity Cf food and tie time
Of cmtingit.
BIark pepper is much worse for the
stomach Than red or cayenne pepper; il
mfames the chasiUgs OF the stomach.
~ piece OF meat, tied 10 u strlugs, has
been introduced Iuto the stomach through
lhiS oTiIice and after lhc lapse of II certain
Time. II has been pulled out agan, and the
process of the digestive eclion accurately
hoted. la tins way, corued beef for n
slaucr, has been reduced 10 mass Of fine,
delicate and even threads, after having
been for some time subjected 10 the action
oi the stomach III case uf hunger, hen
the Whole sack or bng, known us the
stomach, Is seen 10 IoiI aud work about
u Kept too long ~ this empty aud restless
condition, the action Of the organ is weak
ercd-the stomach Iooses a portion OF its
vial e"ergg, an! ;ie digestion Of .Oo,! Ia
Ken at that IRno is pcrtormed more slow
y IN consequence. The stomach evident.
y requires Iest, nike the body, and it re.
ceivcs iIJury II this is not allowed it, but it
should not be kept too long without food.
Anger has the effect 10 cause the bile
to rush i1to the stomach in stream. This
has been Observed with certainty in the
case of St. Martin. When he has been
suddenly es.raged, While lylAg upon ta-
hle, the bile has been ,eeB to rush into tue
stomach, which was perfectly clear OF II
Tie instant before, alid III susb qnantity rs
TO admit Of It's being emplied rut freely in-
to cup simply 10y turning him over.
Dr. Bunting Las taken voluminOus notes
aud viii publish n book, setting forth tho
tesnlte arrived at while st. Marin has
been under his charge 1t will Ie "a valu.
able addition to the existing works on
mediclne au. surgery.
~. Martin. since l.e WIS vonnled, has
married and become the father Of seven
children, five Of whom with. his wife are
now living. Al first tho only way his
food after entering the s,omayh by the
Gsophagus, could lie preveoted from pass
iog out through tie wopnI, was to use
compressive and adhesive straps. This
necessity has been since overcome by the
growth ofa small fold OF the coats Of the
stomach, which now extends almost Gu.
t'rcly over the or6 'c, but which can I've
gs naatu sF
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