Dyspepsy forestalled and resisted, or, Lectures on diet, regimen, and employment : delivered to the students of Amherst College, spring term, 1830 / by Edward Hitchcock.

  • Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864.
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1831
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    01 xX SYNOi *iC TABLE OF THE CONTENTS. PART I. DIET. LECTURE I. Motives for preparing this work, page 13—Nervous Maladies, their prevention and cure essentially alike: the former, however, most easy, 14—Great ignorance on this subject, 15—Men averse to attending to their health^ 16—Fond of specific remedies, 17—Few will probably re- gard my suggestions, 18—Indefinite notions as to the origin and cure oi nervous complaints, 19—Dyspeptics eager after specifics, 20—Partial in their observances, 21—Definition of Diet, Regimen,and Employment, 22—Objections against living by rules, 23—Dr. Jackson, 24.— Diet : Objection that many live long without paying any attention to it, 25—And that writers do not agree on the subject, 26.— First Rule : that the quantity of food at any one meal should be very moderate, 27—Temperance of ancient Philosophers and Christians, 27 Galen, Parrc, Francisco, 28—Dr. Cheyne, 29—Cornaro, 30—What quantity of food is necessary, 31—During severe study, 32—Late din- ners and wine,. 31—Another rule as to the quantity of food, 35—Dr. J. Johnson's rule on the subject, 38—Use of weighing food, 40—Starva- tion, 41—Strength of body and mind, promoted by a small quantity of food, 43—Training of Pugilists, 45—Eating a little too much :—Exam- ples,—Cornaro, Parre, Cheyne, Lloyd, 46—Remote Effects of excess, 48 —Curious Example, 50—Is appetite a safe guide, 51—Case of Clem- ent, 52—of Vinall, 53— Men generally eat too much, 53—Acute diseases often the consequence, 54—Definition of Intemperance, in diet, 55— Appeal to temperate men 56—To literary men and Christians, 57—God only can give them strength to resist appetite, 58. LECTURE II. Diet : Second Rule, that the less variety of food used at any one- meal, the belter, page 60—Variety disturbs and retards digestion, and tempts to excess, 60—63—Curious argument against the rule, 61—In- ance in eating in the U. States, very prevalent, Gi—Proof; Com- mon fare in respectable families, 65—Social visits; 6li—A New-England Thanksgiving, 67—How far the female heads of families are to blame, 67—How far gentlemen are to blame, 70—Appeal to the members of Temperance Societies, 71—Gluttony as injurious as drunkenness, 73— Inconsistency of many temperate men, 74—Further proofs of dietetic excesses in the land; Taverns, 75—Boarding Houses, 77—Experiment in Amherst College. 77—Dyspeptics much concerned in this subject, 78 —Examples of temperance for their reflection :—Dr. James Johnson, 80 —An American Scholar, 81—Howard, 81—Variety in diet not injuri- ous, 84—Danger from the second and third dishes, 84—The community not yet prepared for this system of diet, 85—Power of the hurm stitution to resist excesses, 86—Better die early than submit to such a rigid system, 87—Nevertheless the cause is not to be despaired of, 88 —Abstinence when useful;—Examples—Howard—Franklin—Socra- tes. 89—Pomponius Atticus, 90—Importance of regular physicians, 91 —Remedy for common colds,-92—Concluding Remarks ; causes of fail- ure in dieting, 92—Warning, 94. LECTURE III. Third Rule of Diet : Sedentary persons should not use animal food