The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-01-12
EemesNhnA.,
perlence.

If the following hints under the above head
were remembered and needed, the human family
would be saved from a multitude of ills and SUI
ferings. We copy from the american AgricuE-
turiSt:
LIST. That before food can be of any benefit to
the body, it must be dissolved in the stomach, 81
that it can be absorbed into the blood in a liquid
state, and be thus carried to the parts of The
body needing to be nourished or strengthened, or
renewed by it.--R0nGHber.
ID. That the human stomach is not like the
gizzard of n fowl-a hard, tough membrane, fill
ed with gravel stones, to break or grind up the
ood-bu that it is a soft bag. 50 to speak, which
merely holds the food and shakes it about, 50 that
the gastric juice can better dissolve and work it
into a liquid state Observation-Disclosures.
Sd. That nothing should go into the stomach
which has not first been masticated (chewed) Uery
fine. or cut or mashed fine before it is taken into
the mouth, so that it can be easily dissolved.
Lumps of potato, or fruit not well ripened and
mellow, pieces of meat as large as che>tnuts,
Jumps of dough or new bread. small fruits with
skin unbrOken. etc. etc. ,-anythIng that Will be
slowly Observation-Disclosures an uneasy feeling, and
often irritates and infames the stomach itself.
Further, if they are not fully dissolved. these
things pass down through the whole twenty five
pain. collie, diarrh9a, and often dysentery.-Re
member.
4th. That the saliva of the mouth mixed with
the food, greatly aids the dissolving or digestion
OF the food In the stomach, and that even soft
food should be cEewed or worked over in the
mouth, until well mixed with saliva.-RemenGer.
5tl. That children cannot appreciate the i'm
portance of masticating their food, and that great
care should be taken, either to see that they do
masticate it we'll or that it be SO thoroughly pre-
pared for them that it cannot go into the stomach
in an indigestible form. Proper care in this sin
gle thi z would save the lives of half the chill
dren that now die young, and a very large pro-
portion of all 8 pains under the apron, - diarrh9a
or bowel-coIaplaints that children, and grown
up people as well, suler.-ReneDber.
9th. That, as all food, after going into the
stomach must either he properly digested, or pro-
duce injurious results, ii Is the height of folly to
crowd down into the stomach two or three quarts
OF food and drink, and to expect that organ to
work it all up readily. Suppose that for every
article you eat at n meal, you put, or imagine
you put, precisely n similar amount into adisi-
the meat. bread, potatoes, vegetables, tea, coffee,
or water, and the pie or pudding-what a mix
ture you would have, both in kind and bulk yet
that is what is given the stomach to dissolve, or
try to dissolve.-ReReDber.
18th. That the stomach keeps at work while it
has any undissolved food in it, and that if YOU
=. lunch" or piece" between meals you give
that organ no time to rest, and it will in time be
weakened if it do not give out.-RemeAn5cr
Sth. That sleep is far more quiet and refresh
ing, if the stomach sleeps with fe rest of the
body, and that it is better to eat nothing which
cannot be digested before retiring to rest. Chill
dren. who retire early, or ought to, should have
ONLY LIGHT suppers OF simple, direstiblc food.