Digestion : the passport to health / by Alfred Wright.

  • Wright, Alfred.
Date:
[1883?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Digestion : the passport to health / by Alfred Wright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    or fluid, in the present day, that is fit for man's consumption. Apropos of this, I was mnch struck by an amusing article in the Baily Telegraph a short time since, a portion of which I must take leave here to reproduce :— The well-worn question, What is best to eat, drink, and avoid, is answered by those who profess to be most capable of giving an opinion by a comprehensive negative. Let us for a moment disregard what are commonly accepted as the luxuries of life, and consider the bare necessaries of exist- ence. Is there an article of consumption that has not at some time or other been found fraught with peril; is there a resting- place for the sole of the human foot that has not been shown to be dangerous ? We can no longer eat even our bread in cheerfulness of spirit, nor drink our draught of water without a lingering pang of suspicion. The very staff of life is no more a comfort to us, for when the modern household loaf is not made of chalk, alum, plaster, or potato parings, it must be carefully avoided as too fattening in its properties, and having an