The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-11
SIMPLY BREED POISON.
One Should Nevsr Eat Whsn Hurried,
Excited, Angry, Anxious, orisvsd,,
Worried o. Shocked, For q Those
Times Digestion Cannot Take Place.

use a vernacular phrase, Ibis mouth
waters" The attention Is directed to
the need OF eating, and the organs en-
gagged in eating and digestion ct once
begin to get 4 greatly increased supply
Of blood.
It is out of the blood that these d.
gestive organs manufacture their vari-
fluids BY which each organ accom-
It's special part in the work Of
digestion; soSwhen an increased guam
tity of blood ~ poured into them each
organ begins at once to make large
quantities Of its peculiar fluid.
The salivary glands are In the mouth,
under the tongue mostly, and when q
greatly increased quantity Of blood IS
sent to them they at once elaborate and
pour out into the mouth a portion Of
their contents; 50 the hungry man who
smells the odorSof cooking food waters
at the mouth. Thus the mind governs
the body. ~
Now, the action of the glands Of the
mouth which produce saliva Is exactly
like the action Of the glands elsewhere
In the body which produce gastric
juice, pancreatic juice, bile and other
fluids, through the associated action
OF which the process Of digestion Is
carried on. When the hungry man
smells the aroma Of food there Is a
rush Of blood to all the digestive or
gans, mouth, stomach, small intestine
and liver. AS a result Of this increase
OF circulation there is suddenly poured
out digestive fluid, not only sa-
Iva, but the others as well. The gas
trio juice begins to flow, the pancreas
and liver get ready, and the entire d.
gestive system is prepared and able to
take care Of any food which IS reason
able in kind and quantity.
The point OF greatest Importance in
all this is that these fluids are poured
out only when the mental condition is
right-when there is in the mind al
desire for food. II there should be any
feeling Of disinclination for food, If
there should be even an indifference
to food, the food taken under such cir
cumstances would not and could not
be properly digested.
II there is in the mind any feeling
other than desire for food. IL just pre-
vious to eating or while eating any
thing should occur to disturb o dis
tract the mind, then there would be
immediate arrangement of the circula-
ton. Under these circumstances the
blood would be withdrawn from the d.
gestive organs and the elaboration Of
the fluids Of digestion would cease,
Then, Of course, the body would be in
no condition to receive or digest food.
Suppose that our friend returning
from his long walk greeted at the door
by the odors Of fragrant viands a few
moments later is handed a telegram in
forming him of the sudden death Of
his only son in a distant city. What
happens then? At once there is a pro-
found change in the circulation. The
blood which a moment previously was
massed at the stomach and other or
gans of Digestion, all ready to take
care Of the meal, 10 at ono switched
OF to the brain. The man flushes and
then pales. His muscles lose their
power. He drops into a chair. Per
haps he weeps. Hunger? It Is the
last thing In his thoughts. II cannot
eat!v he cries. "Oh, my son, my SOM
And the same p~erversion of the cir.
culation occurs in anger, anxiety, wor
~, Jealousy. haste, excitement or any
other state of mental pain or inquie
stude. All these conditions simply put
the digestive organs for the time "ou1
Of business" Food taken under suct
conditions cannot possibly be digested
Instead It will ferment, putrefy in the
system and will be the cause Of dis
comfort, Of disturbed function, of dis
ease, perhaps of death.
Does this seem extreme? Let me
tell you a story. A great, strong, big
breasted, energetic man N in from
a days fishing. He is delightfully."-
tired, 'hungry as a bear" At the no
tel he finds waiting for him a telegram
bad news. He says. II can't eat" Hi:
friends persuade him. He eats a hearty
meal. In two hours he is dead. It Il
a true story. I know of a score of sucl
cases. 6 S ny Fl
And from all this what can we learn
|. We can learn this: We must lot ca
when we are hurried, excited, angry
grieved. anxious, worried or shocked
for food at such times will do us onl,
harm-wil perhaps send us with in
decorous promptitude to that bourl
from which no traveller returns. Foo
taken under such conditions will no
digest, but will promptly begin to de
: compose, forming poisons that will pro
duce any n or more of a numberles
y multitude Of symptoms. ranging from
simple headache to death from hear
failure.-W. r. G.. Latson. NJ. D., i
New York Tribune.
Excusahie.
8 Mrs. Standardization. that's twic
you've come home and forgotten t
bring the lard.
Mr.. Suburhanite-Its s. greasy l
9 slipped my mind.-Judge.
: Danton and the Organ Grinders.
= Paris has more than once made wa