The Red Cloud chief., 1885-11-13
EATING AND SICKNESS.
Practice Tia; Can No; E~ Condemned
Too strongly.

know OF TO mo-c absurd a-t M
Physiological noIJn than ia; wa~l
prevails il uany. { Z o mo ,pmma-
ui:ies. iha: or must take foot whra
SEX. with NJ rc-a.d - the aVp;;..
tie attending Circumstance, or ths
state Of the digestive powers TIE
folly 81 tbs ou-ai 10 be aurA-ca, 20
the more SET, be Glass. when they
remember tina; The appetite i the
guide 20 tooI-iak.ng a, tn, .ali-a.ss
tie waste .: the bod. tbs waste M
pccat!yciy demanding food tia; maY
be- supplied This SHOULD bc aupIyc.-
atei from he faci thai; tbs appetite l.
increased by hard. aci.y, Labor. wear
in away the tissues. while inactivity.
mental and physical, reduces /, - tina,
no; more than oae-half o; the food
needed by the active toi.eT can h,
readily disposed o. by the inactive. the
IuiJlrnt.
IL sickness there = bu, little activity.
bu; little waste o: tie tissues. cOn,r-
quon;ly. bat little appetite. relatively.
Indeed, III cases OF acute diseases. -
fever,. inflammation aud the Ike. - a
means of preventing harm from over
eating. the appetite : UTTERLY DESTROYED.
A. the hrs; precautionary step. and. a,
II tn make safety doUbly cer;ain. the
taste j. taken away. iha, there shall be
no temptation, - = matter of sensual ~
diligence. - which !, added. =, a very
decided precautionary measure. n nau-
$50. ~ 80 A
can not be Ivl-hrd. This. then. ! 4
very mercItGl arrangement. nc tax
ing fOoi AZ such a time Vog.i TAN the
digestive powers. azgrIVatc the disease,
and, IN extreme cases. might tr~tro,
life. Indeed, the trutc> either know.
too much 10 eat when sick. or are 80
controlled by their instincts thai they
Will not. sine even the swine. very low
in the sca-c O! creation. p"rcmpturly
refuse 10 eat even the SIM L. food taken
by them. naturally. when IN hcl.ih. In
acute diseases Il l. wholly unnatural -
take food. fox both human beings and
brutcs. since such food Wound not ONLY
tax the digestive powers. but dcranyr
the whole system. W. may reasonably
infer that this arrangement !, made on
the principle that. while III -.cknc--. the
system has enough TO 10 without NJ
tending TO the digestion of food.
But 1t j. askcl how N can tie our
ished without food during the several
week, in which the appetite IL sus-
pended? That is plain. We are ~
made that. in such An emergency. The
system feeds upon It's tat. etc. - we
NAV see b. the hollow cheek and
sunkcn cyc' after the run OF fever, y
during which il is by no unusual
for the appetite 10 be suspended for tive
or SIX weeks. Again. M the human
body - composed 10 4 very great extent
Of the three gases Of air and water. and
since. in the absence Of the appetite. =
very urgent thirst i substituted, II j,
plain To see how the system can Dc sus-
tanned. during the inactivity of a fever,
10y a free use of water. cooling the BODY.
rapid breathing, when the carbon OF the
body fats j. added.
\ still more conclusive arguncn;
against eating in acute diseases is found
in tho fact that the gastric Juice j. not
sccrctel nj such = time. At least, in the
usual qualities. if At all. while it should
be plain that digestion can not proceed
without the objective juices. Eating IL
one thing, nouriShmcnt quite another.
|: may be impossible 10 be- rourishei.
sufficiently, without eating. under or
binary circumstances, bat il is possible
10 eat and not be- nourishcd. since we
are nourshed by what Is digestci. no.
hy all that i eaten. FOR much may pass
uutlys-tcI. InpD. never eat without an
appetite. II this is foolishly done. nat
IRE may. very wisely and mcgcifulIy,
throw of such food iy vomiting. The
more We follow the dictates o. nature
IN these matters. the safer it j. for u.
and the more healthy we shall become
DIR. U1HGtori. an Golden Rue.