Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-09-25
HUNGER AND THIRST.

Some interesting experiments have recently
been made by the medical faculty of Michi-
gan University, in order to determine the seat
of hunger and thirst in the animal system.
A dog was chloroformed, after having been
fed hearty meal, and while the musculo-
membranous reservoir for food was largely
distended, an incision WAS made through the
abdomen, over the large curvature of the
stomach, into that organ; then silver tube,
a quarter of an inch in diameter and an inch
and half long, was inserted in the cut, the
other end of which was then crooked up. The
tube has half zach fanges at both ends, the
inner fange serving to keep it in its place
while the other fange closely shuts the exte-
rior. The dog still lives with his stomach
permanently on top; in fact, the operation in
no way affects the health of the mastif', al
though in undergoing the severe ordeal to
which he is now sometimes sub in the
interest of science, hunger compels him to eat
about six times as much as formerly. The
result of the experiment proves that the seat
of hunger is not in the stomach, neither is the
seat of thirst in the throat, but both reside in
the system at large. The dog was permitted
to eat hearty meal, which was taken from
him, via. the tube in few minutes. After re-
covering from his fright, he would eat an
equally large quantity of food, and SO on to
any extent. Again, he has not been permit.
ted to eat anything for say twenty. four hours.
Food would then be injected into his stomach
through the tube. Notwithstanding his stom.
ach was already full, the animal would at
once gulp down more food but if sufficient
time was given for the injected food to enter
the system, he would then refuse all that was
set before him. The conclusions arrived at
from these experiments find confirmation in
the fact, which has often been observed, that
persons suffering from thirst, although the
parching sensation is apparently limited to
the throat, find immediate relief upon enter
ing bath or from immersing the feetin water.
CoDDL1NG STREAK OF L1GHTNING.-At
night my husband comes home With rush,
hangs his hat upon the floor, throws his coat
upon the FIRST chair, sends his boots flying in
another direction, works his feet into his slip
pers while unfolding his paper, reads, eats,
reads again until bed time, throws his paper
down for some one else to pick up and rushes
off to bed This is the programme, with ex
ceptions, until Saturda y night. Sunday
morning he bolts his breakfast and tears
around while getting into his Sunday best
and rushes off to church comes home and
bolts his dinner (never eats), reads little,
sleeps little and away he goes again. When
he tries to keep quiet he is sure to make the
more noise if he starts to 60 around a mud
puddle he is sure to step fiat into it; if he
crosses the room carefully, he is sure to kick
the table leg or fall over chair; and let him
90 to table where spare clean cloth has
been spread, and you will see more of 'decora.
tive art in FIVE minutes, than you ever dream
ed could be accomplished in so short time.
He is temperate, naturally kind hearted, at
tends strictly to his business and pays his
debts like man; was once chatty and do
mestic, fond of his family and home, but has
allowed himself to drift with this rushing,
reading habit, until now nothing could break
it up short of breaking his neck. Fancy a
wife trying to coddle such streak of light
ming. ......