Daily Republican., 1880-04-24
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The usual number Of listeners, who
gathered at the former lectures, were
present at the First Presbyterian
Church, last evening, to hear DR.. Nc
Connels concluding disocurss upon
digestion After blessing had been
asked by Rev. r. B. Dayal, the
lecturer reviewed the principal points
Of the preceding lecture and then en-
tered upsn the subiset, digestion
Proper.
Digestion Is the process said he, BY
which the food Ii dissolved 70 that II
can BE- absorbed. Flowers are fed BY
the surrounding atsncsphsre. When
the snow falls heavily II besrs down
from the atmosphere what is termed
amorium, and as the snow lies COM
pactly upon the earth the amonium can
not escape and 1t is fed upon by the
wheat. Thus 1t is that after snow has
passed from ehe surface of the earth
that wheat is seen springing up above
the ground.
Food is received in the alimeutary
canal. This canal differs in different
kinds Of beast. As birds have no teeth,
they do not grind their food in their
mouths, but rather in their stomachs.
An OK will take q certain supply Of
food, and after 1t is swallowed, he will
| lie upon his stomach and chew his
cud, or In other ether words, he will
bslch up his food and then chew 1t so
that 1t will be prepared for digestion.
When man eats, the food passes from
the mouth into the gullet, then into the
stomach, and then into the intestinal
track, where digestion ensues. In
passing through the alimsntary canal
h food meets FIVE fluids known as Il .
gastric juices.
In digestion mastication Of food must
drst be considered. Man belongs to the
omniverous class Of animals. A cat
tears flesh and swallows it in large
pieces. The horse and COW have two
tusks In the front parts Of their mouths
with which they cut their food and they
masticate it with their back teeth. Man
must thoroughly chew his food, it must
be thoroughly divided, so that when 1t
comes In contact with the gastric finds
1t can facilitate digestion. Persons
will swallow food in large pieces, then
they will experience q burning sensa-
ton and bitter belching, and will say
they have the dyspepsia. This is
caused by the vitiated condition Of the
gastric juices.
The saliva is for the purpose Of moist
sning food to aid it in being swallowed.
Taste Is occasioned by fluids. Sugar
does not taste pleasantly until it is
wetted by the saliva. Chewing tobac-
co is injurious to the glands and will
sooner or later exhibit some effect to
the person who uses 1t. Everything
we eat passes into our stomachs, where
the alhaminous matters are digested.
The chief object of the gastric juices Is
to digest these alSuminous matters.
These juices also will prevent putrefac-
tion for fifteen days. They do rot af-
feet fatty or starchy substances. The
pantheatic and q fluid from the bile
emuloify fat and from milky like fat
which enters in this stateinto the blood
vessels and intestines. The saliva is
composed chiefly Of water, out Of 600
parts 900 are water. The gastric juices
comprise salt, acid and pepson. Dy-
sentery is produced by Inflammation of
the lower bowels.
Liquor drinking is injurious. Only
two ounces Of 1t can be digested in one
day. When 1t passes into the stomach
it infames the mucous membrane, and
person cannot take food, he will vom-
it up. The nervous system becomes
over stimulated and does not receive
proper nutrinent, W hich eventually pro-
duces delirium tremens. The blood
vessels enter the liver. The walls Of
these vessels become affected and
cause hob. nailed liver which produces
dropsy. II nerve is over stimulated
it deteriorates and falls.
The lecturer stated the time it took
for certain food to digest. Pigs feet and
tripe whe1 sCused are the most easily
digested, the time being one hour. 1t
takes boiled cabbage with vinegar four
hours and thirty minutes to be digested
and freqeently causes dyspepsia. Saur-
kraut, which Is in state of decompo-
sition, is easily digested. Vinegar con-
tains an acid which aids digestion. 1t
takes boiled cabbage two hours and
half longer to digest than raw cabbage
or slaugh. During the um aer season
a mild diet should be us ds d not much
water should be drunk VIII n q person
is heated.