An essay concerning the nature of aliments, and the choice of them, according to the different constitutions of human bodies. In which the different effects, advantages, and disadvantages of animal and vegetable diet, are explain'd / [John Arbuthnot].

  • Arbuthnot, John, 1667-1735.
Date:
1735
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Credit: An essay concerning the nature of aliments, and the choice of them, according to the different constitutions of human bodies. In which the different effects, advantages, and disadvantages of animal and vegetable diet, are explain'd / [John Arbuthnot]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE C O N T N E N T S. CHAP. I. , ■* Obfefvatio’ns drawn from the Alteratiom which the Aliment undergoes in its Patfage into the Blood. HE NeceJJity of Chewing. Page i X Virtues and Ufefulmfs of the Spittle for Digeftion. 5 Ihe proper Aliment of fuch as do not chew. ibid. The ABion of the Stomach upon the Aliment 'ex* plain'd. f The Liquor of the Stomach in a found State not acid. 7 How fpirituous Liquors hurt the Stomach, ibid. ■Conjeflures about the Caufes of Depravation.^ and Lofs of Appetite. 8 The Effects and Cure of too great Repletion of the Stomach. p Symptoms of Depravation of the FunBions of the Stomach. ibid. The Digedion of the Stomach refembleth vegeta* hie PutrefaBion., and abolifoeth the fpecifick Difference of all Sub fiances. ibid. The ^lalities of the CaU\ its ABion in diffolv* ing the Aliment. Bitters a fort of fubfidiary Gall. Symptoms of Depravation of the Func¬ tions of the Gall. i z The