Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-02-21
HOUSEHOLD.
Dyspepsia.
BY W. W. HALL, NJ. ID.

Dyspepsia.
BY W. W. HALL, NJ. ID.
Indigestion is Latin word meaning
the same thing, in a general way, as the
Greek term from which the word dys-
pepsia is taken. The Greeks had an idea
that the digestion was performed with diff
ficulty, whereas the Romans thought it
was not performed at ALL or, at most,
imperfectly, which is more accurate and
more philosophical; for really, the food is
not BEAUTIFULLY digested, does not make
healthy blood, does not impart natural
nutriment to it; for it is through the
blood that nourishing and renovating par
ticles are carried to every pin-point of the
body; hence, no portion of it is properly
nourished, and all dyspeptics lack strength
and vigor and elasticity. But when the
blood is not made of healthy material it
steadily becomes impure and thick and
black; is significantly called by the peo-
pie "bad blood;' it does not flow freely,
becomes congested, accumulates, ''dams
up in the veins, distends them; and as
this unnatural quality of blood is carried
to all parts of the body, it produces dis
quietude, discomfort and annoyance of
some kind wherever it goes, and that is
the reason why "a dyspeptic will tell you
that he ''feels bad all over But the
nerves are fed by this same blood, and
being impure and imperfect, does not
satisfy them, it does not feed them, and
each one, like a hungry man, complains,
is disguised and restless and weak; hence
dyspeptics are said to be 'nervous;" they
are tidgety always, and always complain
ing.
Dyspeptics generally eat great deal,
yet are always hungry, for the instincts
are misled thus; the blood being imper-
feet, the system is imperfectly nourished,
hence imperfectly strengthened, conse-
quently weak; and nature, knowing, as it
were, that food strengthens, calls for
more food, when it is not more food that
is needed, but more nourishment. The
dyspeptic eats enough, in fact too much,
but the nourishment is not extracted from
it, the stomach not having the power to
act upon the food properly; it then very
naturally follows, that when the stomach
does not have strength enough to digest a
large amount of food, it might have the
power to digest smaller quantity, as a
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power to do a large amount of work, but
could perform smaller quantity. And
yet, when persons are dyspeptic, instead
of eating less, the very common practice
is to take bitters and tonics, in the shape
of wines and liquors, to whet up the appe-
tite, to promote digestion; but liquor is
not gastric juice, consequently cannot IA
cilitate the digestion, and even if it in
crease the appetite, it is directly the re-
verse of what ought to be done; for the
appetite is already too great, is unnatu-
rally vigorous. So do men, through ig-
norance, medicatc themselves, aggravate
their maladies, and are hurried into I'M
timely graves Medicine never did and
never can cure dyspepsia; the true remedy
is to eat less and less at each meal until
no discomfort is felt afterward; continue
this for short time, and then gradually
increase the amount eaten, as GONZALES
cent gradually increases exercise or labor
in proportion to the gradually increasing
strength; but as often as discomfort fol-
lows after eating-that is, any feeling or
sensation which attracts the attention un-
Observation-Disclosures the food to the re-
quisite amount, as before stated. This is
the true key to the alienation and cure of
our national disease, dyspepsia.
While eating too much causes one case
of dyspepsia, eating too often causes a
hundred, if not ten thousand. Some OF
the Indian trappers in the Rocky Noun
tains rise early, hunt all day for theil
game, come to camp at night, eat six OF
seven pounds of meat, lie down to SLEEP
and live hundred years. An old beau
in the Federal city, in Henry Clay's time
attended every party to which he was in
vited; but if, at any time, he was unex
pectedly called after his regular meal, hi
would go, help himself beautifully, bu
would not cat anything next day, so as tt
average only one meal in twenty-fou
hours. He lived beyond fourscore, /
lively, joyous 'old boy"
Greenland is not depopulated; yet thu
Esquimaux eat once day, or week, o.
more, five, ten, yes, twenty pounds of pro
visions at a single meal; and sometimes
when they have strength to eat no longer
some one puts the food in their mouths
for them One man is reported to hav'
gone to sleep with part of sausage hang
ing out of his mouth.
The place where the greatest number o
persons are cured of dyspepsia is in tn
, penitcntiary, where they eat plentifuily
but not often; not slit bits" not the VIM
of a Sucking dove" but plain, nutrition
food; no bitters, no tones, no liquor
This is most suggestive. ID :
No child, no one, man or woman,
we'll who comes to the breakfast tabl
without an appetite. Ifthis happens onl
occasionally, it is ground for disquietud'
and ifhabitual for young girls tits groun
for alarm, because it is very sure to b
; followed by cold feet, headache, chill
I. ness, the forerunners of troublesome al
: ments always, and sometimes OF incurabl
: disease.
: There can be but little doubt that II
l. dvspeptics of the nation would be dimii
;, ished one half in few years, If chiidre
{ were not sent to school until seven yeal
: of age. and were not allowed to eat any
9 thing between the three regular meals q
3 the day, except an apple or an orange
: The subject merits the thoughtful consid
GRAFTON Of every conscientious parent
Mothers especially are under great re
sponsibilities in this connection.
COOP JOHNNY CAKE.-Beat up one egg
with one-third of a cup of sugar, add one
) teaspoonful of melted butter, and one pint
of sweet milk, two and a-half cups OF
meal, half cup of flour, teaspoonful OF
cream of tartar and half tcaspoonful Of
soda.
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