Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-12-19
WHAT MAN SHOULD EAT.
A Physicians Attack on the Vege-
tartan Doctrine.
Animal Food the Mainstay OF Health
Requirements OF the Nervous System
How to Build 1t Up and Keep IL
In Good Condition.

digestive apparatus is out of gear,n said q
physician of experience to Chicago Herald
reporter, as he put down an English Illus
trated treatise on vegetable diet "No Pm
not going to let my name go into print in
connection with that statement. l have
some cranky patients who are disciples Of
the vegetarian faith. don't care to cut OF
my practice for the sake of airing my views.
It's all stuff and nonsense to talk about the
present development of humanity depend
ing upon vegetables alone" he continued
"Why, the entire human anatomy woux
have to undergo change. The digestive
apparatus of vegetable eaters is far more
complex in arrangement than that of car
nivorous creatures The stomach of a COW,
for instance is arranged in four parts-four
stomachs in fact-through each of which
the food must pass before returning to the
mouth to be still further masticated before
it can be digested. Flesh-eating animals
have but single stomach, like sack.
One killed three or four hours after it has
eaten full meal will be found to have an
empty stomach. A COW or a sheep killed
the same length of time after eating viii
hardly have finished the first stage of di-
gestion. 1t is apparent from this, if from
no other evidence that human stomachs,
especially If weak or belonging to nervous
persons, should be saved the labor of con-
a
hit for assimilation so long as they can be
spared the task by being supplied with ami
NAL food
Il am disposed to exclude vegetables, with
the exception of cereals aud fruit, from the
diet of nervous persons. Whyl First, be-
cause animal food is more nutritious to the
nervous system and to the body generally
than vegetable. 1t has all the essential ele-
meuts for the formation of the tissues of
the body and is easily digested. 1t appears
to be the natural food of human beings. It
seems possible for man to exist on it alone
in any climate and continue in a normal
condition of health. The first food taken
by man-milk-is strictly an animal sub
stance. 1t contains all the elements neces-
sary to the growth Of the human body and
to its maintenance in q state of health This
can not be said of any one article Of yege-
table food Then, the nervous system con-
sists largely of fat. This substance must
be supplied in some form or other in order
that the brain and other structures shall be
properly nourished If person uses up his
brain faster than he makes it he soon be-
comes nervous and irritable. If he does not
assimilate enough food to supply its de-
mands his mind is sure to become weak.
The healthiest and strongest individuals.
even, should eat a far greater proportion Of
meat than of vegetable food. Beef should
be taken as the standard meat 1t answers
every purpose of the system. Veal and
pork are not as easily digested. Pork, SO
far as its composition goes, is an excellent
food for nervous persons, but it is not read
lily digested Yet in the army, we used to.
think nothing better for the wounded men
than bacon. AS rule, salt meat is not
adapted to the requirements of the nervous
individual, as nutritious juices to a great
extent go into the brine
"The flesh of wild birds is more teptier
and more readily digested than thu. of do
mestic ones. This is accounted for by the
greater amount of exercise they take.
thereby renewing their flesh more ranidlv
and making it younger than that of birds
which live more quiet life. This is sug-
gestion that might be of benefit to women
of sedentary habits who are desirous of
prolonging an appearance of youth Fish
of all kinds is good food for the nervously
inclined. Raw eggs, contrary to general
opinion, are not as digestible as those that
have been cooked.
ga notion has been prevalent that many
persons injure their digestion by eating too
much. The fact is that most people in this
! land OF abundant food don't eat enough.
There are more people killed every year by
| insufficiency of nourishment than by over
loading their stomachs. Many of those
who do eat sufficient quantity are pre-
vented by some disease from digesting
| enough for the economy of their systems.
| The very first thing for any one to do who
has exhausted himself by mental work or
who has been born weak and irritable is to
| furnish his brain with sufficient nourish-
ment to either repair the damage it has sus-
tained or to build it into a strong, healthy
condition. People in this condition usu-
ally suffer from nervous dyspepsia. Their
stomachs are unable to perform the labor
OF assimilation. Owing to the deficient
nerve power of the individual the food lies
in the stomach unacted upon by the gastric
juice because there is none or the quantity
is insufficient to have any power. Food, in
| stead of helping to renew the body, and the
nervous system with the rest, undergoes
| fermentation, and the body and brain it
should nourish may starve. The person is
| IN worse state than if the food had not
| been taken, for the fermentation generates
| acids and gas.
Nervous individuals may derive all the
| fat they need from sugar and starch. II is
( better, however, for those with weak di-
| gestive organs, or whose nerves are in q
highly sensitive state, to get it from the
| animal kingdom than to compel their en-
| feebled stomachs, intestines and pancreas to
create it out OF these articles. Good bread,
1
| for the nerves.
People troubled with insomnia, nervous
starting from slesp and sensations of fall
| ing, can often be cured by limiting them
| selves TO diet of milk alone for time An
adult should take pint for meal and take
four meals daily. People with weakened
nerves require, usually, larger quantity
| Of water than those whose brains and nerves
are strong. 1t aids In the digestion OF food
by making 1t soluble and seems to have a
direct tonic effect,
with proper eating and drinking we
should have fewer broken-down, nervous
wrecks and far more vigorous intellects.
The present human species can not elimin-
ate flesh from its food and amount to a
row OF pins. The fancy that nothing but
vegetables should be eaten IS apt to over
take every one somewhere in life. 1t is due
to some disorganization, and usually passes
away with the disturbance that created it. >,
Painless Poultry killing.
The president Of the Britistt. Pharmaceuti