New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-03
PHYSIOLOGY OF HUNGER.
What an analysis of Ordinary
Sensations Series to Shoe.


nitely normal hunger is the demand of nature made
on consciousness for a replenishment Of material
10 meet the needs accruing from a constantly pro-
ceeding expenditure in the vegetative life process
OF individual existence whenever new fuel is
needed.
AS long the individual adjusts his appetite to
the suggestions Of this faithful watcher his phys-
illogical economy shows excellent results. The TO-
bust health of primitive man, his strength and
ourance IN the life struggle render sufficient test
nony as TO the promptness and triumphant intell-
gence exhibited by old Mother Hunger in the per
iormance Of her dietary administrations.
But inprudent man. his sense-life grows
stronger and wider. frequently thinks he dis
pense with her services and indulge in the eating
ara drinking Of whatever his fancy may suggest
proper signal. Thus interfeTed with. the function
camor fo suppy foT Sc tb and often
conqiuons OF the system indicate need.
individual sweaTs allegiance to the tyranny of a
s sorrapt ana morbid appetite Having discarded his
servant munger from his household he elects crav-
ing LOT his master. submitting himself all the
Chased like a mailman from qualification to graft
ncaton, from candy stores and cafes saloons and
t saahas ne spends the most and the best of his
Ine ana energy in administering TO unnatural and
Meanwhile the metabolisn-the assimilation and
absorption OF the body-is plunged into and
down Constructed on the principle of a furnace
mic bea o oFGer TO transform its nourishment
1nsuon an adequate access 10 oxygen. And in
OF the supply Of oxygen and thereby causes the
he flow
exchange of vital energy IN the body IS suppressed
10 minimum when the individual oyerl6ads his
OF keeping our bodies at the highest mark OF per
!tcuo ION and power we must refrain from choking
furnace an excess of all kinds of combustibie or
ne clear. ambent flame OF perfect Health att and
klgor. the fires" under such management will turn
INTO smoking snouldering ash heaps productive Of
neither heat nor energy.
m ms present exposure must guard against, IN
staNed 10y ms tyrannoos appetite he was weakened
commits the fatal mistake Of separating in halves
turned out as whole and integral compounds Not
sfts1ed win the perfect combination Of proeids,
starch and fat which the grain in its natural in
f tegrity ,L presents man in his unreason by sitting
the balance of natures constructive processes.
NEED OF EATING RIGHTLY
The maintenance of life and health requires of
the individual not only to eat but TO rightly.
In the metabolism of body is found a condition
known as the nitrogen equilibrium. which means
taken up an amount OF heterogeneous food equal TO
me same amount Of nitrogen used up and elimI-
a nhdef duT m similar ength Of time Hence
II ProtTacted-unaYoidably lead 10 a bodily decline
Starch and fat generate heat and energy. while
Tor the uDi5iding and renair 9f the tiss,a ffai7c
II becomes al once aDnarent ,bat q ,Sro+-s,.I5 -
hciency IN the nitrogen supply means d breaking
up Of structural tissues-the muscles and bones Of
the BODY As long as We heed natures instructions
g e rle IooasI4IIs IN tneir simple natural
i me pTooieIn q striking the physlo-
togIcaI n@laIce Is easily solved bar the -four st
fo Ie s5aT6ay IeEing US the latter whereyith
The abnormal conditions are introduced in
extracting ana condensng sugar and salts. II Ne
United our use Ct these condiments 10 the extent
nstece OF pnEsloIoglca! waste and repair would De
from the vegetable and the salt from tha mineral
esses Of physiologica cifiit Tr g 5 TES
supplant the unity and 1,1e;srITv of I1aT,,ra:e
foodstuffs with the diversity ard Imposition of an
The effect of this interruption OF natures meth
oSs Is aT mn II host OF metal oc disorders
WITHIN the group OF liver and kidney deTangements
exclusiIeIv On WaTer vii liz fl aqg lea
dog fed on bread Of sifted 9our And fhe TeasoT
is evident: for water. which in itself contains a
the power to Maintain the e}3boc baanca Of 9 3hs
cog. ana enable him successfully TO defy dissolu
hand, the dog put on the white bread diet. by his
formidable strain. with no access to proteds for
the repair Of its uo tissue Hence in this case
dissolution is actually fastened.
HUNGER a NERVOUS ACT
Hunger is nervous act When the stomach has
run empty its motion ceases and the nerve termi-
nations in the gastric walls stimulated by the ac-
GIIgaLea secTeGo3s Of the GASTRIC glands send
gastric nerve This irritation is Interpreted by the
the latter varying in degree and intensity according
TO the gastric stimulation. Hence the difference in
strength OF appetite ana hunger in individuals Of
normal health is 10 be found in the nervous rather
than in the digestive. system; in the of
state Y.
Persons whose minds are engaged in schemes and
projects OF general interest ignore pleasures OF
constantly absorbed IN matters of personal com
forts and qualifications, feel the stress only
strong but also morbid appetites. For true hunger
hunger as physiological and normal process, In
eonradisunetoE TO craving. which is a patho-
logical or morbid hunger-is possible only after the
consciousness OF the individual has become aroused
20 the desirahitv Of some gustatory act Then
the sluces to The Secretory glands are flung open.
The streams Of gastric Juice thus turned over
nerve endings OF the gastric Nerve pleHns, which
being in communication with the brain and spinal
thereby give rise TO the eTnergence CONSCIOUSNESS
Of the sensation called hunger
physiological factors must be brought into ac-
ton from the gastric nerye-encinGs 70 tho brain.
and the concentration of consciousness the
Thus the individual consciousness. by forcing the
flow Of gastric secretion gives rise to the sensation
sight, smell. or even the mere thought of savory
food may create hunger-or, let rather say.
HOW KEPT IN ABEYANCE.
The sensation Of hunger be modified by men
tal effort BY promptly refusing entertain the
mind with thoughts and images of food and its
ton and hence the hunger be kept in allowance.
fenced to death for political reasons-funish
come very valuable arguments in favor OF this
view. In order to escape death on the scaffoId
for which he had uncomfortable aversion he re-
sorted 10 death by starvation; and while awaiting
slowly approaching dissolution took notes OF the
rise and fall OF the feelings coursing through his
From these notes we learn that on the third
naY or his death-fas the sensation OF hunger dis
appeared, ftls mead was clear. his thoughts sharp
and lucid. and his eyesght extraordinarily keen
Ing of sensations of thirst. but hunger His
consciousness remained alert and rational TO The
starvation he died Neither thirst nor hunger had
Eeriously ANNOYED him. and his last moments were
The calm Intelligence and fun realization with
c - AiLQ 10 NlJeto approachtd lis fate naJuT