The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-17
Problem ofihe Hour the Globe
Over
WE CERTAINLY DO THAT
What the Physicians Say on
This important Subject.
The New York Herald says:

A London cablegram to the Herald
says the newspapers over there are full
of the great question of the day, do
we eat too much?' It is the problem OF
the hour. 1t is not only referred to in
music halls and at theatre, but liver lee
cures are being given to swells and
members of the nobility.
1t is declared that since his return from
Marienbad King Edward has been strict
iy limiting his diet with the result that
he looks in better health than in years.
Some of the fashionable doctors have laid
down the axiom Drink little and eat
less" A well-known woman, living in
Mayfair announces that on eight con-
secutive Wednesdays eight different med
teal men are to deliver liver lectures"
at her house. She hopes TO INDUCE West
End men and women TO abandon the
habit of overeat.nG.
Year by year." she says, dozens Of
friends-men and wOmen-come to me in
July and tell me they are on the eve of
leaving for Homburg or Carlsbad to be
treated for Indigestion contracted by
months of eating in excess.
Were one OF them to confess that he
or she was about to so TO an inebriateS
home to recover from the consequences
of excessive drinking i should be shock
ed. and probably the person who made
the confession would blush and ask me
to keep the matter secret There is much
less drinking in the West End now than
there was even ten years ago. especially
mo hTf 10 ba IF hay
luncheons and dinners at restaurants has
certainly increased the number OF those
who eat to excess
The philanthropist who goes to the
East End and warns the poor against the
consequences of drink gives them lee
lures with magic lanterns showing what
alcoholic spirits co and circulates teetotal
tracts by hundreds OF thousands. 1t is
even more Important that the wealthy
and fashionable should be reclaimed from
the fearful perils of overeating.''
Such is the condition of the English
appetite, which is doing much with the
aid Of dyspepsia and diseased liver 10
destroy British vitality, intellectual vigor
and ability to compete with American en-
terprise in capturing the markets of the
world. IN New York the season for stump
tuous eating is upon us. Elaborate lunch
cons, afternoon teas and big dinners,
with midnight banquets frequent and pro-
longed. are playing havoc with many an
overworked American stomach.
What is the opinion of New York ex-
perts on this subject?
Dr. Jacob says: WHO shall say Just
what a man shall eat and shall not eat? |
1t all depends on the individual-his con- |
stitution, physical condition, habits. etc.
What shall we eat?' is too vast sub
ject to discuss without much thought |
and preparation. The best one can say,
after all, has been written and demon
strated and IS contained in Sthe old-fash
toned pIoverb, An ounce of prevention is
better than a pound of cure.
DR.. Max Einhorn. one of the great au-
thorities in New York on diet, stomach !
and liver. and author of Diseases of the
Stomach says: I'm studying the normal
of man we perceive quickly that
there is a great variety in the food of
healthy persons with regard to the guam
t.ty, as well as to the different food sub
stances Nevertheless they all contain the
three groups of food stufrs-albumens,
and fats.
Thus for instance, vegetarians live
and thrive principally on vegetables; the
Eskimo. on the other hand. almost ex-
clusively on animal diet. The golden path,
however. lies intermediate. and all
thors recommend a combination of ami
NAL and vegetable food
IN regard TO the troubles of the stonn-
ach and liver. DR. Einhorn says the thing
to be accomplished for a patient is to en-
able him to eat almost any kind of food
rather than a few selected articles of
diet The diet in health should not always
the most easily digested sub
for by doing SO we weaken our
digestive system. Although it is not nee
essary always to choose the substances
which are hard to digest il is certainly
not necessary 10 avoid them
The food should consist OF mixed sub
stances easy and difficult to digest ana
should always present a sufficient vari-
ETY.. AS TO the distribution OF meals.
and also as to the predominance of the
food articles in diet. it is i'm
possible to give the same rule for all
Good use and custom is the best and most
Important guide
Within the last ten years important (
]
ne greatest value in the treatment of
diseases Of the stomach and the influence
Of which can be perceived like a red
thread through the whole chapter of /;
dietetics.
1t has been shown by Won Noorden and
others that emancipation in chronic dis
pases of the stomach IS caused In the {
large majority OF cases. II not perhaps J
n ALL not by specific poisons circulating
IN the organism hut by smaller amount
u food being taken.
On the other hand. one might expect.
Judging from universal law existing in '
he plant and animal kingdom OF vicari- {
BUSINESS or replacement in the case of in i
ability Of the work of one organ by an I
,ther similar one. that n, grave disturb {
lnces of the digestive functions OF the I
Itomach the intestines would do the WORK {
instead This mas been eNperimentaliy. ?
IS well as olinically. proven IN the most (
nfallible way. Q
In my paper on 'Achylia Gastrica, Il
avs the doctor. IL is clearly shown that a
Rtients can do very well without gastric
secretion Under proper regimen they v
an eat and gain in weight and live long &
Without any discomfort whatever. That n
nears that. even after the loss OF the en- +
ire chemical action OF the stomach the i:
Intestine is completely able TO replace the r
unction OF the stomach c
.'The d;gcstibility of food is greatly de-
,endent upon ns Guai;ty and prepara- u
ion. Young animals have soft and ten n
Ter meat, whereas tho flesh OF the old Il
mes is tough. The different portions OF !,
he body vary also frequently in their h