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Directions And Observations Relative To Food.
in them strong , ought to drink very little thereof after the eating part of a meal is finished . The strong liquor , which is drunk after the eating part of a meal is finished , ought to be drunk soon after , that the first concoction may not be disturbed by a continuance of drinking . It is not wholesome to make a meal before the desire of eating and drinking comes on ; for the stomach is never discharged of the last
meal until this does come on ; and if the stomach be not discharged of the last meal , it is not ready for the concoction of a new meal . On the other hand , it is not proper to delay the making of a meal any considerable time after the de . ire ofeatingand drinking comes on , lest the stomach , whilst in a state of craving , should draw to itself noxious humours from the neighbouring parts .
If what has been said , name ! }' , that it is the business of the first concoction to reduce all that has been eaten and drunk at a meal into one uniform mass , be true , it is evident that this business must be hetter and more speedily done , when only a few things than when a great variety have been eaten and drunk of at the same ' meal . It is unwholesome to eat and drink too little at a meal ; for if that which
is eaten and drunk at a meal do not bear a due proportion to the size of the stomach , the stomach cannot be so contracted as that its concoctive power may be exerted with proper force : but it is vastly more unwholesome to eat and drink too much at a meal ; for , besides that when the stomach is too much distended its concoctive power cannot be exerted with proper force , the tone of the stomach is in danger
of being hurt by the too great distention . Another inconvenience frequently arises from eating and drinking too much at a meal ; namely , that the fumes produced by the first concoction of a very large meal fly up to the head and bring on sleep , which is prejudicial . The meal made at supper ought to be a moderate one ; for as the time of sleeping , which usually commences soon after supper , is the proper time for the second concoctionif the concoctive faculty
, "be diverted during sleep from the business of the second concoction , in order to do the business of the first concoction of a large meal , the second concoction cannot be so well performed . A person in years ought to make more meals in a clay than one who is younger ; but he ought not to eat much at a meal : because as the natural heat , which is necessary to the perfection of the first
concoction , is in him become faint , there would be danger from eating much at a meal of extinguishing it entirely ; in the same manner as the faint flame of a lamp is sometimes extinguished by the putting of too much oil at one time into the lamp . Such persons as labour much or use much exercise ought to eat more at a mealand of things of a more nutritious naturethan
per-, , sons who lead a sedentary life . It is unwholesome to eat between two meals ; for if this be done before the concoction of the former meal is finished , it obstructs this ; and if it be done after , it lessens the appetite for the next meal . A lesser quantity ought to be eaten , and a greater quantity ought to be drunk at a meal in the summer than in the winter . .
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Directions And Observations Relative To Food.
in them strong , ought to drink very little thereof after the eating part of a meal is finished . The strong liquor , which is drunk after the eating part of a meal is finished , ought to be drunk soon after , that the first concoction may not be disturbed by a continuance of drinking . It is not wholesome to make a meal before the desire of eating and drinking comes on ; for the stomach is never discharged of the last
meal until this does come on ; and if the stomach be not discharged of the last meal , it is not ready for the concoction of a new meal . On the other hand , it is not proper to delay the making of a meal any considerable time after the de . ire ofeatingand drinking comes on , lest the stomach , whilst in a state of craving , should draw to itself noxious humours from the neighbouring parts .
If what has been said , name ! }' , that it is the business of the first concoction to reduce all that has been eaten and drunk at a meal into one uniform mass , be true , it is evident that this business must be hetter and more speedily done , when only a few things than when a great variety have been eaten and drunk of at the same ' meal . It is unwholesome to eat and drink too little at a meal ; for if that which
is eaten and drunk at a meal do not bear a due proportion to the size of the stomach , the stomach cannot be so contracted as that its concoctive power may be exerted with proper force : but it is vastly more unwholesome to eat and drink too much at a meal ; for , besides that when the stomach is too much distended its concoctive power cannot be exerted with proper force , the tone of the stomach is in danger
of being hurt by the too great distention . Another inconvenience frequently arises from eating and drinking too much at a meal ; namely , that the fumes produced by the first concoction of a very large meal fly up to the head and bring on sleep , which is prejudicial . The meal made at supper ought to be a moderate one ; for as the time of sleeping , which usually commences soon after supper , is the proper time for the second concoctionif the concoctive faculty
, "be diverted during sleep from the business of the second concoction , in order to do the business of the first concoction of a large meal , the second concoction cannot be so well performed . A person in years ought to make more meals in a clay than one who is younger ; but he ought not to eat much at a meal : because as the natural heat , which is necessary to the perfection of the first
concoction , is in him become faint , there would be danger from eating much at a meal of extinguishing it entirely ; in the same manner as the faint flame of a lamp is sometimes extinguished by the putting of too much oil at one time into the lamp . Such persons as labour much or use much exercise ought to eat more at a mealand of things of a more nutritious naturethan
per-, , sons who lead a sedentary life . It is unwholesome to eat between two meals ; for if this be done before the concoction of the former meal is finished , it obstructs this ; and if it be done after , it lessens the appetite for the next meal . A lesser quantity ought to be eaten , and a greater quantity ought to be drunk at a meal in the summer than in the winter . .