THE FOODS OF THE NEW EARTH 



food, into the realm of the influence of food 

 upon the health, mental as well as physical. 

 Since the general period of which mention 

 has frequently been made, some very interest- 

 ing and valuable data have been accumulated 

 as to the length of time required for the diges- 

 tion of certain foods in the stomach of a man 

 in health, thus leading to important conclu- 

 sions as to the care of the man when ill. While 

 much of the digestion takes place after the 

 food has passed into the intestines, it is im- 

 portant to be able to determine the time it 

 remains in the stomach. Fluids leave the 

 stomach much more quickly than solids, 

 water, or other common beverages, in an hour 

 and a half, boiled milk in about two hours, 

 while hot drinks do not leave any more 

 quickly than cold ones. It took from two to 

 three hours each, as shown in an extensive 

 series of tests, for ten moderate-sized oysters, 

 two eggs raw, poached, or in an omelet seven 

 ounces of sweetbreads, seven ounces of white 

 fish, or three and one-half ounces of white bread, 

 cauliflower, or cherries, to pass out of the 

 stomach. It took from three to four hours 

 each for eight ounces of chicken, nine ounces 



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