The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-08-25

eating or drinking between meals. You
hear man complaining that he cannot eat
his dinner, and you find on inquiry that
about an hour before he had three or four
dozen oysters and some bread and butter
and pint of stout, lust to pull him to-
gether." 1t may be thought that this is an
exaggsgcraticn, but it is not. We have seen
it, and we wish we had not, for nothing can
be more contemplate than man who
makes deity Of his stomach. We should
eat to live, and not live to eat For people
who dine in the middle of the day, lunch
IS a great mistake Many people seem to
think that it would be great hardship to
90 without food from $50 a. III. to p. III.
They make good breakfast directly they
get up ham and eggs and all the ctceteras
and then at ii a. III. they 20 in for bread
and cheese and beer. Somebody once said
that lunch is reflection on your break
fast and insult to your dinner" and it is a
pity that more people do not bear this in
mind. You can never expect to have a
good appetite unless you allow good five
hours to elap,S ost"ttn each of the :: :ii; 81
meals of the day.
What is to be done for loss of appetite
In the first place it is essential to avoid, as
far as possible, any of the circumstances
we have mentioned as causes of this COM
plant. Be regular in your habits; get up
early; do not stay out late at night; take
plenty of outdoor exercise; have your
bowels we'll opened every morning; do not
drink much tea; be quite sure you are not
smoking too much, and not taking more
than you ought to in the way of stimulant
1t is great thing if you can dine in cheer
full, pleasant society-the example of eat
ing seems to be almost contagious. 1t is
astonishing what great deal bad cookery
has to answer for in the way Of exciting a
distaste for food.
The practice of taking bitters before
meals with the view of increasing the APP.
petite is common one. 1t is undoubtedly
a bad habit, but in certain functional dc.
yangements of the stomach an occasional
pin and hitters or sherry and bitters may
have it's advantages.
Probably the drug most frequently en-
ployed with the view of stimulating the
faded appetite is quinine. Two tablespoon
tuls of the tonic quinh-e mixture should
be taken about half an hour before meals
or two tablespoonful of quinine wine
will do equally well. The infusion of
quassia may also be used for this purpose,
and its efficacy is greatly enhanced by the
addition of three or four drops Of tine
ture of nux vomica. Nux vomisa is one
of the pleasantest bitters we know, and
will often succeed admirably, even when
given in plain water. Other tinctures and
infusions employed for similar purpose
are those Of columbia, gentian, chirette, and
cusparia The infusions should be given
in two tablespoonful doses, while the dose
of tinctures is teaspOontul in water The
tincture of nux vomica, it will be remem-
bered, is a much more powerful drug, and
the dose of this should not exceed eight
drops. The different preparations OF hops
are useful, but are, we think, best taken
in the form of bitter beer. Absinthe, OF
wormwood, is largely employed. With
many people, especially those who are pre-
disposed to constipation, two or three
tablespoonful of compound decoction Of
aloes will succeed better than anything
For elderly people, pepsin taken in five
grain doses half an hour before meals is
useful. We need hardly soy that for pa
tents who are anamic or suffering from
what is usually called "poorness of blood,
iron is the remedy Philadelphia Times.