The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-09-30
oTTUMWA IOWA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 80, 1855

IEMBER ~, 1906
kfticles Of Feed.
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With in few years, several volumes have
been published BY eminent physicians and
chsmiets,, upon the subject Of the proper food
for man. and the theme has also been diseus-
sed in an able manner, BY several learned con-
tributors to periodicals OF the FIRST class. II
10 evident, from these essays, that there 10
much yet to be learned on the importance Of
diet. and its effect upon mankind. Amidst the
various theories sdvocsted on the subject, the
weight Of evidence and the testimony Of ex-
penence seems 70 be IN favor Of adiet consis-
ting Of proper proportions Of meat and vege-
tables. Men with the healthiest bodies snd
the most vigorous minds, are found 10 regions
whsrs mixed diet pervails. ra' 3f
/ The wisest travellers adapt their food to the
region they visit. When In the tropics, they
live chiefly on fruits ]. In temperate climates,
they partake Of vegetable, cereals, fish and an
imal food IN the Northern regions they con-
suine tat meat, snd in the Arctic, follow the
examples Of the natives: During the Irish
rebellion it was wisely said, that Z nation
whsSe food consisted mainly Of potatoes, could
never successfully fight against their oppres-
scrs. Arscent English authority says that
four ounces Of meat, with sufiteieneyof po-
tatoes to satisfy the appetite, will afford more
efficient nutriment than could be obtained from
bread alone, in any quantity. An Arctic 'tra-
vslsr states that quarter Of pound Of suet,
with pint Of corn made into porridge, with
the addition Of few wild plants, is better
end more supporting daily ration than eight
pounds Of msat--the allowance Of huntsman
in the employ of the Hudson :. sy Company.
Had the valuable qualities Of horse hesh, as
IN article Of food, been known the British
troops in the Cumsa would have suffered less,
and many lives bsen saved at Kars.
Tie lsst numtsr OF the British and Foreign
Msdico- Chirurgical Revisw contains very in
terssting paper ou the SFood Of the People"
The writer cites various countries to show the
effect oe food upon the character Of people.
The New York Courier and Enquirer has q
synopsis Of the article published. We copy
the following extracts:
~The inhabitants Of India. who live entirely
upon Vegetables, diet Of . slow sustaining
power, are not progressive people. They
are low In science, low in mental and bodily
vigor, and subject to sssst oecasional suffering
fromths failure Of the crops. TIE Chinese,
fsgain, who reject no article in the way Of food,
but eat all things, clean and unclean, are little
advanced in the arss or sieScss, and are STA
Ftionafy a. regards civilization. Though TO
bust in body, they are deficient in the higher
mental faculties. u we look at the mass Of
the French pesantry, We find them inferior in
[vigor u body, hi longevity, and the ratio Of
increase to the common people Of England
The first subsist principally on bread; and
where people sre dependant mainly on one
crop, and are not commercial people, they
are subject to years OF scarcity, and it 10 well
established fact that an impoverished diet low
ers not only the bodily tone but the mental
strength. In Belgium, where the peasantry
live in similar manner to those a France.
the large numerical amount OF insane persons
has beer attributed to poor and deficient
Diet e eaaaH
ssS.atistics show that in England the classes
that possess sufficient means to enable them tc
live Independent Of labor, either Of the head OF
hand, and enjoy the comforts and luxuries Of
life, generally enjoy vigorous health. Their
diet is mixed one, in which animal food OF
the best kind largely enters. Their term ol
life is long, their powers OF mind and body
high. The diseases they are subject to are Of
the acute kind. The pessantry who labor
hard, are, when well fed, wAess the diet con.
sists Of mixed kind, in which vegetables
largely predo,ninate, generally strong ant
healthy. In those countries in which they ar,
under fed, the duration Of life Is less than thai
Of the gentry They are less healthy, ar.
subject to rhsumatism and dyspepsis, and are
isble to any prevailing epidemis or spidsmic
disease.
1 s.Ths recent investigations in England in rs.
gard to the food Of the army, have proved oi
how much importance is . wholesoms diet.
The term Of the soldiers life ~ compared
with the civilians was found far INFERIOR
In the loyal navy, science has regulated the
diet. The rations Of the men are Of . mixed
kind, and on = long voyage consists OF salt
meat and biscuit, dour, peas, raisins, sugar,
tea aud coffee. When IN hsrbor. OF within
rsseh Of frequent supplies, the ration consists
Of fresh meat and soft bread, with other addi-
irons. BY this course. those diseases which
were formerly 80 fatal in the British fleets
have disappeared. During the crimsan war,
the troops that were well fed were enabled to
endure the exposure TO the rigors Of the eli
mats-thoSe who were under fed sell victiins
TO disease.
A MINIsrER's Walk AND CoxvEasArIoN.
l-62saksr Orr aud Rev. Dr.. W.. of Lexing-
ton were both q the Warm Springs, Vireinia.
asd mst In public room Of the hotel, They
had bssn sitting with other company, and At
ter while ths doctor rose and walked across
the room with tie usual limp in his gait. Mr..
Orr Immediately rscogalzed him,s and asked /
be was not the chaplain Il the university Of
Virginia. q such . time, naming the year
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