The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-04

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ded 70 aIimentthati il really becomes food.
Condiments have an important influence
upon the process Of digestion and nutri.
ton. The mere sight or thought Of
sayory dish snakes the mouth water,D-
that Is, il makes the saliyary glands pour
out their secretion copiously, which IL an
important stage in digestion, especially
Tor certain articles Of food. Journal Of
Chemistry. r...
GrGpes as FoOd.-We HAYS on former
occasions referred to the value Of fruits
az articles Of diet, both in health and in
sickness. Grapes may deServedly claim
high rank among the fruits in this re.
Bpect, They contain considerable
amount OF hydro.carbonaCeous matter,
together with potassium salts-a comb.
nation which does not tend to irritate,
but, on the contrary, to soothe the stom.
ach, and which is consequently used with
advantage even in dyspepsia. According
to DR.. Harten, Of Cannes, in France,
who has recently contributed an article
on the subject to foreign medical Jour
nal, the organic acids In the grape, eS.
peCially tartaric acid, deserve more con.
sideratlon than they have generally re-
ceived. Their nutritiVo value has, he
thinks, been much moderated. Ii is
known that they are changed to carbonic
aCid in the blood, aud possibly careful re.
search may show that they are convert.
bic into fata. DR.. Hartsen thinks that
they should be ranked with the carlo.
hydrutes rs food. They have been found
valuable diet in fever, and the success
Of the grape cures" in the Tyrol and
other parts Of Europe appears 10 show
that they are positively beneficial in other
diseases.--Jomnal Of Chemistry. .-
The Stomach and lis WORKINGS, The
Paris doctors have n rare opportunitv.
mat NOW IN ohssrvo Tho wort;r ,, 81 ~,
Lnm,U .,on,ooh ~ ,,,o oo,o - VI ~.
S --'" o'v'a"sI'' =" 'l'e ens' Vi Wy
whose Suile' becoming constructed by Inc
accidental swallowing Oh dose Of caustiC
potash, a hole was cut into his stomach
through which to feed him. From sim.
liar cuse, years ago, much that We now
know Of the operations Of the stomach
was learned. Thus was it found out that
we take usually about four hours TO di.
gest dinner; ard it was a!sS discovered
that different kinds OF food vary much
in their digestibilily-notable, for exam.
pie, that fats and oil take long time to
alone, but are much more speedily got
rid OF by that organ If eaten with salad
or vegetable matters. Mental exertlonS
Pure anu simple uiu NOT seem 70 retaru
Sj We, Sban 0"so "a; %"J Uge ,I SomJecsus
tions, or with Thai fretfuInea. NJ
mind we cali Hworryn Il anncared n
have bsnefrl inGnerca i1 ior ,ho
iercer passions an ontbroat ot ,bsm
would sometimes snfEice n nravort tho
stomach even when mos, vidoronS from
discbarping its innction, Eno,b"r myS.
terious nhenomenon noticoJ In conroc.
tion with DIGESTION VIVA tho svnnntbot;c
influence exercised by the stomacS over
the secretion Of the month This sscro.
tion. IA ia we'll known bnsor in,nor,nnt
chemical action m rcrto;n con"i;tucn,s
Of food, changing by n sort Of fermen,inr
process s,prc6y matters for instance ;ne'
10 sugar, In short Tho d;fTsrert wis If
tho digestive onnaratua oro an IinLoj N.
pether by nervous connec,;orS that thov
asvmpath;zen with each other SnJ Il ono
be stimulated IN" roe. arc oI,D o%o;toJ ~"
O '"'
Ea,iao %, D,ipI;,o-Tf vou wor,l Lao,
from Jr;rrirr so o.o,, 1, ~" 80" "s a
IT, 49, ~';"i, s ~ hI'". " 'iu""1t'y oi az.
uen' sFlr'5' eat eat more rat hu'Fi'
uon' lood' Eat something whenever
cases, comes from the stoma oh full of
whisky and no food. There is n simple