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DIARRHEA, Etce., continued. 
Ginger - - - 335, 338 
Goats’ milk whey - - 342 
Grapes, subacid  - - - 354 
Iceland moss, for dysentery 395 
Isinglass jelly, for dysentery 332 
Lemon juice, fresh, for sammer 
diarrhcea, when abroad - 424 
Linseed - “ - 427, 428 
Mallow - - - 440 
Nutmeg and mace - 506, 507 
Pears, perry - - - 308 
Peppermint - - 213, 436 
Quince seeds, by their muci- 
lage, for dysentery - - 449 
Quince seeds, in marmalade 449 
Radish, in spirit, for bilious 
diarrhea = - §93, 594 
Raspberry tea - - - 587 
Rice gruel, and rice water, 
for dysentery - - - 588: 
Roses, red, with birch, for 
dysentery - - - 601 
Sloe juice - - - 309 
Thrush, for dysentery - - 98 
Violet, sweet, for infants 
196-198 
Wheaten flour, children - 133 
Wine, rosined, antiseptic - 601 
DIGESTION, to assist, or correct. 
Alcohol, for = 25 
Sherry against - - - 28 
Almond, for nausea - 41 
Apples, ‘their acids becoming 
alkaline in the stomach - 53 
Apricot sandwich, light food 59 
Anise - 48,49 
Asafcetida, to promote diges- 
tion - 295 
Bananas, to help digest star- 
ches - 77 
Biscuits, Bath Oliver - 101, 102 
Bread sauce, for weak diges- 
tions - - 122, 624 
Cabbage, sauer kraut - - 133 
Capsicum, Cayenne - - 563 
Caraway - - “ 139, 140 
Carnation soup - 196 
for nervous indiges- 
tion - - 145, 146 
Cheese, questionable, unless 
digestive powers are ener- 
getic 149-151, 158 
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cherry brandy - - 162 
Chicory, not digestible - 190 
Chocolate - < “ - 169 
Cinnamon - - - - 175 
Cloves “ s - 180-182 
Cocoanut butter - - - 170 
Corn flour, maize, easily 
digested - - 218 
Currants, red, for torpid 
digestion 309 
Egg, raw, whilst fasting, for 
jaundice - - - 257 
Egg shell, oe against 
acidity = - 2 
Eggs, fried, to avoid. 
Figs, as peptonisers 273 
Fowl, boiled, nest of diges- 
tion 293 
Fowl, boiled, light of diges. 
tion, denied 70 
Fruits, fresh, benefiial to 
digestive processes - - 301 
Ginger tea, for heartburn, 
and gouty indigestion, 338, 339 
Glucose, in preservatives, 
impairs” - - 316, 491, 582 
Glycerine, for heartburn - 637 
Gooseberries, correct rich 
foods : - 310 
Grapes, not sweet, for debi 
digestion with biliary 
troubles - - - 351, 352 
Gruel, grout - : 357, 359 
Hominy - - ot 2 2187401 
Hop, sedative - - 365, 366 
Horse radish stimulates 367, 368 
Ice, after food, arrests diges- 
tion “ - - 410 
Lavender - - - 369, 370 
Lemon juice, for nervous 
acidity (heartburn), and 
better than vinegar with 
starch foods’ - “ - 421 
Lettuce ‘ : - 426 
Liqueur, Chartreuse - - 430 
Lobster, difficult of digestion 
by gouty persons’ - - 435 
» gum, to suck for 
relieving rtburn from 
acidity - - - 436, 437 
Macher, difficult to digest - 440 
Malt, to aid digestion of 
starches - < - 442.444 
