The reason why: domestic science : affording intelligible reasons for the various duties which a housewife has to perform / by the author of Enquire within upon everything ... [etc.].

  • Philp, Robert Kemp, 1819-1882.
Date:
[1869]
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Credit: The reason why: domestic science : affording intelligible reasons for the various duties which a housewife has to perform / by the author of Enquire within upon everything ... [etc.]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ Where words arc scarce, they’re seldom spent in vain, For they breathe truth that breathe their words in pain 1”—Richard II. by the gastric juice, dissolved, and removed, and then anothci coating follows. But violent exercise intermingles the particles of food so that the gastric juice cannot continue its solvent action. The consequence is, an undigested mass, which soon begins to ferment, producing great pain and inconvenience. 86. Why does exercise promote digestion ? Exercise promotes digestion by stimulating the whole system, exciting the circulation, and by sending a larger amount of blood to the head and stomach, it gives greater vigour and livelier impressions to the mind ; and, by promoting an increased secre- tion of the gastric juice, affords tone and strength to the stomach, 87. Why is dancing considered a good exercise ? Because dancing, like walking, brings every muscle of the body into play, and, by accelerating the circulation of the blood through every part of the frame, acts accordingly as a general stimulant and local tonic. 88. Why are some articles of food difficult of digestion? Because, when any hard or incongruous mass becomes ex- posed to the action of the gastric juice, it will naturally require to be exposed a longer time than other matter, on account of the difficulty which the gastric juice experiences in reducing it to chyme. It will therefore be a longer time before the surface of the alimentary mass floats off, so as to leave the next layer exposed to the action of the gastric juice, and the underlayers, which are waiting for their turn to be exposed, will be kept waiting longer than the usual space of time. The consequence is, that before the gastric juice can reach them they ferment and decompose. 89. Why should persons loho have weals digestion par tales only of light food? Because the stomach is subject to fatigue, just as the eye is by long exertion of vision, or any other organ of the body by a protracted performance of its peculiar function.0 * Dick’s Diet and Regimen. Whittaker and Co.