The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-06-17

smoked, perhaps because it does not
easily satisfy hunger and is quickly
digested ;" but it Is more probable
that the cause rests in the necessity of
more elaborate cooking and applian-
ces for ceEttssssss1- ~ Kinds of fish. All fish
are in their best condition at the time
of the ripening of the milt and roe;
they are fatter,and-hsve better fiavor-
Eggs contain about twenty-six per
cent of solid matter,O which fourteen
per cent is nitrogenous and ten and a
half carbonaceous, or fatty; the yolk
contains the fat, while the white is
richest in nitrogen: Eggs being very
deficient in caTbOnaceoUs, matter, go
well with fat bacon, oil in solid and
farinaceous food. Fat in some shape
is universally consumed. Cocoa and
chocolate owe their chief value to the
fat they contain; Cocoa Is composed
OF fifty per cent of fat. OF liquid ar
ticIes of diet, beer and porter stand
| first in nutTitive value. 1t is estima-
ted that for the daily supply of Lon
don city there are distributed about
200 tuns of fish, over 1000 sheep,
nearly 700 oxen, about 80 calves, 4,O0O
pigs, tincluding bacon and hams),
5000 fowls, a million oysters, and
nearly million quartern loaves.
In DIR. Letheby's second lecture he
refers to the artificial means of en-
couraging digestion The functions
of saliva are to lubrica te the food for
deglutitiOn. to carry oxygen into the
stomach, and to furnish a solvent foS
starch and tender celluIose.- 1t has no
chemical action on fat, or fibrin, or
albumInous bodies. An artificial sal
iva may be obtained. Liehig's. ex-
tract of malt is an example of this;
phOsphates. Both of theseare aids to
the digestion of farinaceous food
Pepsin is artificiaIiy prepared by sew.
eral persons to assist digestion, by 8
preparation, as it were of gastric juice
The strongest pepsin is obtained from
young healthy pigs, which are kept
hungry, anu are then excited by sa.
worry food, which they are not allowed
to eat; while the influence of it is
strong upon them, and the secretion.
are pouring out in expectation of the
meal, the animals arc cinstantaneously
killed by being pitted. Pepsin, like
disastase, is rendered inert by tenn
peratare of from 1902 to 1902 Fab, &
therefore hot drinks after a meal art
hurtful. Cooking has an enormous
influence on the digestibility of food
We cannot believe that roast muttoI
is less easily digested than OK liver o.
than goose or boot, 1t seems that o
starchy substances. roast potatoes arr
more easily digested than boiled. DIR
Letheby sums the aids to digestion
thus: First, proper selection of food
according to the taste and digestiv,
powers of the individual secondly
proper treatment as regards cooking
fiavoring, and serving it; thirdly
proper variations of it, both as to it
nature and treatment. so that the ap
petite may not fail; fourthly, exercise
warmth, and genial disposition
The last condition shows that thos
who giVs elaborate dinners shoulC
take care to provide one or NOR
amusing guests. We have said enough
to draw attention to these lectures
which rondense in a popular manner
the latest scientific nvestigatioRs- il
connection with the subject of food
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