402 QUESTIONS ON 



CHAPTER IX. 



78. How much do we know of the digestive process? 



79. How far does the agency of man go in this process ? 



80. When are we unconscious of the pro cess in the stomach ? When 

 do we become conscious of it ? 



81. What sensations accompany healthy digestion? 



82. At what stage of digestion does man's agency cease, and when 

 does nature take care of it ? What guide is needed ? 



83. What is hunger ? 



84. What incorrect suppositions are mentioned 1 Does hunger return 

 as soon as the stomach is empty 1 



85. What creates a desire for food 1 What forms of disease prove 

 this? 



86. Where is the sensation of appetite 1 What may result from a 

 diseased state of the nerves of the stomach 1 



87. Can we need food without being conscious of it? 



88. 89. Give the illustrations. 



CHAPTER X. ' 



90. How is the appetite affected by various bodily and mental states ? 



91. What does hunger indicate 1 How do the wants of the body vary 

 in a healthy state of the system 1 



92. Of what is appetite the usual sign? Should we eat when we 

 are not hungry 1 



93. When does the desire for food fail to give evidence of digestive 

 power ? 



94. What distinction exists between appetite and taste ? 



95. 96, 97. Relate some remarkable instances of absence of appe- 

 tite under disease, or excitement. 



CHAPTER XI. 



98, 99. Relate some instances of extraordinary appetite for food ? 

 100, 101. What causes may produce this extraordinary appetite? 



102. When is a new supply of nutriment needed? 



103. On what does the interval between the hours of eating depend ? 



104. How may the appetite be trained to return at regular intervals 1 



105. 106. Give some illustrations of the accommodating power of the 

 stomach ? 



107. Will the stomach bear sudden changes in the time of eating? 



108. Give an illustration. 



109. What are the effects of irregular hours of eating ? 



110. What, in general, are proper intervals of eating ? 



CHAPTER XII. 



111. Why may the interval between the evening and morning meals 

 be longer than others ? Why breakfast soon after rising ? 



112. What is recommended when the morning meal is late? 



113. When does the body sustain labor and exposure best? 



114. What advice is given in section 114? 



