The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-11-10
The Treatment Of Dyspepsia.

words mean essentially the same thing
is the inability of the stomach to obtain
sufficient nutriment out of the food eat.
Ell to meet the wants Of the system az d,
not having enough, blind instinct calls
for more this call or desire for nourish.
ment, is denominated hunger, which is
gratified ordinarily by ia ing food into
the stomach. But, i'm a sense. nature O.
instinct makes n mistake, and calls for
more food when in reality il is not food
which is in the food already eaten, and
which the stomach has not the streng h
to withdraw hence it is that dyspep.
tic has craving appetite, in aggravated
cases is always eating, and is always
hungry. But TO eat more under such
circumstances is like giving faithful
but invalit servant more work to do,
when there really is not strength enough
to perform what is already in hand or
it is like adding greater weight for the
noble horse to draw, when he is already
so oppressed by heavy load as to be
scarce able to drag it along single step
All dyspeptics are weak, they lack
strength, the whole body is feeble, nd
the stomach has its share Of debility, of
weakness hence the essence OF cure is
to increase the stomachs strength. But
all bodily strength comes from the food
eaten, and cannot possibly come from
any other source hence the only cure
for dyspepsia is eating. But how to eat
is the great practical question of this
age and nation for dyspepsia is a ma
tional disease and national sin, since
its one great cause is intemperance in
eating, excessive indulgence of the APP
petite in conn elton with unwise habits
at the table.
A faithful servant may be able to do
little work well when recovering from
facilitating disease, but. in the con-
scientious effort to perform an overtask,
it is not only not accomplished, but
none of it is well done. So weak
stomach may digest little food we'll,
get all the nourishment, ALT strength
out OF it, but if it has to work UP rye
meal, the work is badly done; and as
the blood is made out of the nourish-
ment derived from the food eaten, if
that nourishment is imperfect, the
blood made out OF it is imperfect, is bad,
and all know that bad blood" is dis
ease.
Nor is this the only trouble the new
blood made from each meal taken is
mixed in few hours afterwards with
the blood already in the system; but if
this new blood is bad, it corrupts the
whole mass Of blood in the body, makes
the whole mass of blood bad, diseased,
and carries disease and discomfort to
every fibre of the system hence the
ailments, the symptoms OF which dys-
peptlcs complain, are very numerous,
and extend to every part of the body
to hands, feet, head, heart, lungs, stom-
ach, everywhere ; for the hands burn
after meals, the feet are cold at all times,
the head aches, the heart palpitates, the
lungs are oppressed, and the stomach Is
sick; no one dyspeptic may have all
these at one time but all and many
others, i'll the progress of the disease,
may serve to make life a protracted mis-
cry. The first great point then in the
cure Of dyspepsia is to eat but Title at q
time. And without going into detail as
to other measures to be taken, il is of
importance to add, that as the stomach
is weak in dyspepsia, in fact is the es-
sence Of the disease, the food given it
should not only be small in amount, but
it should be such as is most easily
worked up, most easily converted into
blood for from the blood all strength
comes. As the flesh of animals, fish,
poultry, is nearer being flesh of our flesh
and bone Of our bone than vegetables,
so meat is more easily worked up by the
stomach to impart nutriment to the
system and make good blood than veget-
ables; and as bread is the staff of life,
the main food Of the dyspeptic should
be meat and bread the most tender
meat, properly broiled, and we'll baked,
common wheat bread, several days old,
or, which is better, the whole product of
the grain made up with water only, and
little salt, formed into thin, small
cakes, and baked quickly in hot oven,
pan, or skillet, and eaten cold or hot.
As it requires about four hours for the
stomach to digest such meal, it must
have rest after work, just as the hands
or feet require rest after their work (;
there should be at least five hours be-
tween the meals of dyspeptics, and not
an atom of anything should be eaten
between. As, therefore, there should
be at least five hours interval between
meals for dyspeptics, and it is not neces-
sary to eat at night, for then we are
asleep, it fellows that we should eat not
oftener than thrice day
But it would be of little use to get the
nutriment out Of the food and make it
into blood, unless it were conveyed to
every part of the system, to reach every
fibre, 80 as to impart strength to limbs
and brain and stomach and lungs to
do this, exercise must be taken, for
without exercise the blood begins to
stagnate in half an hour, gathers around
the heart, leaving the feet and hands
cold and the skin chilly and dyspep-
tics are always chilly and easy to take
cold. And as every part of the system
Of the dyspeptic is weak, it is important
that the exercise taken should be active
enough to send the blood to the remot-
est parts: and as meals are taken three
times a day, the exercise should be TAX
en- three times a day. And as the blood
gets the greater part of its life from
pure air, and as there is no pure air ex-
cent that ont. of doors the exercise of