The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-22
Interesting information About the
Stomach,

Interesting information About the
stomach.
Frem the New YORK Tribune.
The human stomach is the chief organ
of digestion. 1t is "the OF
the SUPERIOR end Of the ~aiimentary can |
for The reception of food, its disintegra-
ton and solution, and the digestion of
albuminoid matter" The average stom-
ach when full is twelve inches long and
four inches high. 1t is situated on the
left side o. the boly below the uiaph-
ras,n, behind and beneath the free RIBS.
The external layer OF the stomach IS u
reflection of the %peritoneum or serious
membrane lining the abdominal cavity /;
the second layer is muscular and has
three seperate sets Of fhers-the.
oblique, the longitudinal and the cirru.
lar. The third coat is cellular and con-
meets the muscular coat with the inSer.
nal mucous coat. The third coat con
tains tina blood-vesseis which supply the
capiliaries beneath the se2reling glands
OF the mucous membrane. The fourth
GOAT or mucous lining ofthe stomach has
glands OF two kinds, the mu otis gands
situated at tue pvloric oritice-that
where the food leaves the stomach and
enters the second stomach o~rduodenun
and the peptlc glands situated in I'LL
other parts than the pyior-
us and secreting the gastric
juice. The main artery of the stomach
springs from the common root with the
lGSS::! arteries OF the liver and Of the
splean, an also receives two branches
OF each OF them. The terminal branches
of the pneumogastrIc nerve, which
gives off branches controlling the action
OF til heart and lungs, also of the wind
pipe and naophagus or gnllet, are re-
ce we'd by the stomach. BY reason of
this sympathetic connection Of the stom-
nch with the heart and lungs apparent
disorders of these organs are
caused simply by functional disorders
OF The stomach. What is considered
heart disease by many people is simply
one form of Indigestion. and can be
cured by eating wisely and not too well
!, Difficult breathing. ~hoarseuess. coughing
are often caused by imperfect digestic:..
:. When food is taken into . nealthy
, stomach its presence mere 1t once sum,
!, .."""s the blood to tho s.amach, and
the mucous and the p ,ptic gla.,,as pour
spiral movement OF tho mu3utal
coat begin., the three sets OF
muScles-lonyitudinal, circular ard
oblique-freeIy propel the contained
food from side to side. unless hindered
by external compression i'll the shape OF
%corsets and light Wristbands. Sue. por-
lions OF the food as can he assimilated
f by the stomacA are absorbed and at
once enrich the blood. while those that
: require TO be naked with the bile and
pancreatlc juice are, after being reduced
to a PUPPY mass, permitted to pass
through the py,orous into the duoden-
UNI.
The muscular coats of the sto mach
Will be OF like tone with the other mus
cular parts of the body. One cannot
have weak muscles in their arms and
legs II have strong muscles in their
stomachs, and the reverse of this is
equally true. The jaborlng mar with
tliews and sinews of steel can eat and
digest With robust enjoyment what
would give the weakling Il fit ofsickness.
If one would have IL sound and vigorous
digestion he must have vigorous muscles.
Hence the necessity of abundance OF
Wholesome exercise to all who eat.
One may weaken the stomach by not
eating enough rs one may weaken it by
overlooking 1t and eXhausting its ener-
gles. But errors in eating are far often
- N'hsNA WIN AES u CACSSS ~
tacks of "bill"usness" are almost always
the result of lnjudicious and excessive
Indulgence in eating, and can be cured
by abstinence fora time. One of the
most eminent physicians Of the present
day saws: In the regulation of diet,
mucl, certainly is to be done in dyspep-
tic cases by attention to the
articles that are to he taken;
but | am satisfied that much
more depends upon the quantity; and
am aver cispose1 to say, that the dys-
peptic might ne almost Independent if
any attention to the quality Of bis diet.
if he rigidly observed the necessary re-
strictions In regard to quantity" The
very strong men and the very active
men are moderate eaters. And why?
Because it takes a large amount of nerve
force to digest food. Great caters con
centrate their nerve force in their stom-
) achs and 30 have little left for brain or
! muscle.
One very frequent cause of the de.
rangement of the stomach is rapid eat
ing. Tho food half or not ut ali mastica.
ted, and mixed with water instead o.
saliva to make it easily swallowed, is
put into the stomach and this organ is
required to perform not only its own
functions butthose as we'll AS OF the teeth
am VIC saliNdiv Giahus. LIT. A~OerneLny
told one of his patients who was suffer
ing from dyspepsia that .'if he'd chew
his food half as we'll as he did his tobac.
CO he would be we'll in a month"
Another frequent cause of derange-
ment of the stomach is eating when one
Is tired. The hearty meal of the
day should be neal the middle of the
day or at the beginning. never at its
close. Those who turn day into night
may eat heartily at six O'Clock, but tho
mar who goes to bed ut nine will sicer
best on a heart. breaktass and dinner.
So long as one keeps the stomach and
the rest of the %alimentary canal III sound
tondltion the general health will BIZ