Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-04
DYSPEPTICS FOOD.
A PHYSICIAN THINKS COMMON
SELSE Is THE BEST GUIDE.

Chapter of Chat on EAting-Every
Person should Be Guided by His Own
EIperience-a Popular DeIusion-Mod-
Grafton.
"As with reading, so with eating 1t is not
what person reads or eats that benefits him;
il is what he digeSts.
This was an eminent psychologists reply to
a reporters questionings this morning, when
approaced on the subject of that great Amer
ican complaint.
In the matter of diet" he said, every
person should be guided by his own expert
ence, and not rely on the experience of others.
/ know a newspaper man IN this city who
lives on brown bread and apples and drinks
nothing but water, and there IN no man of
nv acquaintance who enjoys mor- robust or
perfect health. have heard also Of a COM
poser and dramatic author whose favorite
dish is a compound Of potato, oatmeal and
Spanish onion, on which he thr!vcs and does
much good work '
Richard A Proctor. the astronomer. suf-
fer'ed for many years with sick headaches,
and after irving every remedy under the SIN
he set to work experimenting upon himself
Exercise OF rest had no effect upon his NAL
alN. lntN dNdiitAl l'bhiilS ntsfiA'H'
sistent attarks Then he tried stopping his
customary glass of wine or beer, which lie
took with his dinner THIS produced no
change. Pastry was next taken off his food
list, and he seemed to he benefited by the
omission. Then he cut down ON his tea and
coffee Still he did not get the desired relief
Finally he stopped taking sugar in his drink,
but the effect of this abstinence was unfav"r-
able At last he determined to let butter
alone The effect of this change was instan-
taneous and decisive. He had no more head
aches, and to this day you cannot prevail
upon him to eat butter OF anything that he
knows contains the article.
CONSULTING A PHYSICIAN.
"To consult physician in matters pertain
ing to diet, except in conditions OF disease, Is
useless. While one will tell you to abstain
from certain things, another will advise you
to eat only those things which the other ones
have denied 10 you. Take cheese, for ex-
ample. Most authorities are OF the opinion
that it is not easily digested. | do not be
lieve il Is any more indigestible than meat
and many other articles of food Suppers
are as a rule, condemned bv the medical
fraternity. They assert that late meals are
not only unnecessary, but positively harmful
To nv mind do not believe that a man who
goes to bed hungry can sleep. After eating,
blood is drawn toward the stomach to supply
the Juices needed in digestion. Thus the
brain is relieved of the pressure exerted on
its centeIs during the hours of fasting, and
becomes pale and dormant, and sleep ensues.
a doctor was once callei to attend lady
at an early hour in the morning, whom, he
asStFasf a diving condition
When he reached her bedside he found the
body warm and the heart doing honest work.
He prescribed buttered toast, to be eaten at
once, and the dying woman was soon sur
prised by a return of life and desire to live
Milk, regarded by most people as a perfect
food and said to bs natures own provision
for animal life, is to my mind a most mis-
chieyOus drink For those who have at
tanned their full growth and can thrive on
solid food milk is altogether superfuous, if
not harmful. The principal object of drink
ing is to allay thirst What can be fOuIfl
more desirable TO this end than water. when
employed free from admixture with any
solid material, Cocoa, chocolate, or even
milk are not near 50 efficaciOus in allayiug
thirst as water.
POPULAR DELUSION.
"lt is a popular delusion that dyspepsia is
caused by eating imdigestihle food only. II
this were so. and all the articles of diet emu
merated AZ indisestible were placed on the
index expurgatorius, 1 tremble to think what
the poor dyspeptic would have left to live on
The first essential toward regsining health to
be noted by a dyspeptic Is to live regularly
and abstain from all those foods that expert
ence shows are injurious. Many persons who
are supposed to have heart disease, all en-
larged liver or softening of the brain are
really hypoChondriac dyspeptics. Often
times such persons have their worst fears
realized by consulting some medical encyclo-
paAdia. | know Of no more pitinble Object
than the young man or woman who reads up
for the puTIDr-e of finding out from what
complaint he or She is suffering
when YOU are i'll go at once TO physician
instead of book and when he tells YOU YOU
are suffering from an attack Of dyspepsia aid
him in his work of repair by following his
directions 70 the letter and remember his ad-
vice as to what YOU shall eat and drink BY
doing this you will have little need to con-
suit numerous books and make a note of the
delightfully."- conflicting paragraphs in the
household column Of the daily papers in order
10 avoid recurrence Of the same complaint.
Moderation is good thing TO observe, not
only in what You eat, but As to when you eat
Choose the food and drink that will best fill
your stomach, and partake Of such quantities
as cali be easily digested. The age, condition
and business of man must also be consid-
cred, and none are more capable of determin-
ing how much, when and what to eat than
the individual most interested.-New York
Mail and Express.