Volume 1

Health lectures for the people.

Date:
1883-1892
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Health lectures for the people. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Relative Digestibility op Animal Substances. Time of Articles of Diet How Cooked. Chemificatioo. H. M„ Pigs' Feet (soused), <• - - Boiled, 1 0 .Tripe (soused), .... Boiled, 1 0 Eggs (whipped), - Raw, 1 30 Salmon Trout, .... Boiled, 1 30 Venison Steak, - - Broiled, 1 30 Brains, - - - - Boiled, 1 45 Ox Liver, Broiled, 2 0 Cod-fish (cured dry), - - - Boiled, 2 0 Eggs, Roasted, 2 15 Turkey, Boiled, 2 25 Gelatine, Boiled, 2 30 Goose, - - - - - Roasted, 2 30 Pig (Sucking), .... Roasted, 2 30 Lamb, Broiled, 2 30 Chicken, Fricasseed, 2 45 Beef, Boiled, 2 45 Beef, Roasted, 3 0 Mutton, Boiled, 3 0 Mutton, Roasted, 3 15 Oysters, Stewed, 3 30 Cheese, Raw, 3 30 Eggs, Hard Boiled, 3 30 Eggs, Fried, 3 30 Beef, - Fried, 4 0 Fowls, Boiled, 4 0 Fowls, Roasted, 4 0 Ducks, .... - Roasted, 4 0 Cartilage, Boiled, 4 15 Pork, Roasted, 5 15 Tendon, Boiled, 5 30 You will observe that tripe was digested in one hour, and this explains why tripe is a favourite supper dish, as it enables the process of digestion to be finished before going to sleep. Salting meat spoils it very much. The soluble valuable parts are abstracted,, and the remainder rendered hard and indigestible.