230 // YGIENE OF DIG E XT 10*. 



LAXATIVE. CONSTIPATING. 



Rhubarb. Boiled milk. 



Onions. Tea. 



Celery. Coffee. 



Tomatoes. Coffee made of wbeat, corn, barley, 



Cabbage, raw. toast, etc. 



Corn. Beans (dried). 



Squash. Potatoes. 



Cauliflower. Farina. 



Green peas. Sago. 



Spinach. Starch. 



Beets, etc. Tapioca. 



Liver. Rice. 



Oysters. Raspberries. 



Wild game. Blackberries. 



Hygiene of Digestion. A prime requisite for a good 

 digestion is a tranquil condition of the whole body, especially 

 of the nervous system. We see that the blood must be massed 

 in the digestive organs at the time of digestion. As there is 

 a limited amount of blood in the body, it is evident that if 

 more is sent to one part, other parts must at the time receive 

 less. If we try to study hard immediately after eating, we 

 are calling the blood away from the organs of digestion, and 

 to that extent interfering with the process of digestion. If 

 we exercise the muscles too vigorously soon after eating, we 

 call the blood to the muscles, and so call the blood away from 

 the stomach and intestines. If, after prolonged study, one is 

 unable to obtain sleep, it may sometimes be efficacious and 

 very desirable to eat a little of some very simple food for the 

 purpose of drawing off the blood to the stomach, and thus 

 relieving the brain. A little muscular exercise may accom- 

 plish the same result, or a footbath may be employed. For 

 many persons it would probably be better to take a simple 

 lunch than to go to bed hungry, although one should be care- 

 ful not to abuse the stomach. 



