0« the effedls of Acids in the Stomach, and the vfe of Fifl? Diet, xvith 

 a particular defcription and examination of the liquor orfubjiance 

 named Runnet, which is ufed in the making of Cheefe. 



It is the opinion of many medical peribns, that various dilbrders in 

 the human frame are caufed by acid in the ftomach, which coagulates 

 the juices ; and fome condemn the ufe of acids, and alfo of fifh, as 

 articles of food. But to thefe opinions I cannot fubfcribe, for, at a 

 town in my neighbourhood, where the people get their living by fifh- 

 ing, and principally feed on fifli, efpecially when they are on the fea, 

 the men are very robuft and healthy, even to a great age ; and, with 

 refpe61; to myfelf, I have experienced, that, when my habit of body 

 has been indifpofed, I have been greatly refrefhed by eating fifli, 

 with fauce compol'ed of a mixture of butter and vinegar, and I never 

 found acid fauces difagree with me. It is alfo my opinion, that a filh 

 diet is more wholefome than flefh, particularly to thofe perfons who 

 do not ufe much exercife, becaule filh is more eafily comminuted and 

 digefted in the ftomach and bowels than flcfli ; and, as flelh affords a 

 more nutritious fubftance, fuch fuperabundant nutriment is, in my 

 opinion the fource of many difeafes. And, I think it may be made 

 appear, that the coagulation or curdling of food in the ftomach, 

 when caufed by acid, is not prejudicial, but rather conducive to 

 health. 



In the markets which are held weekly in our tovra, it is ufual to : 

 expofe to fale, that part of the inteftines of calves wliich is called: 



