590 



FUNCTIONS OF ANIMALS. 



Kind of Food. 



Experiment 4th. 



Form. Quantity. 



Animal kil- Loss by 

 led after digestion. 



It would appear from the experiments that pork is the most 

 digestible of the common meats in the stomach of the dog. In 

 the human stomach, when weakened, the order of digestibility 

 seems to be mutton, beef, veal, pork. But we must recollect that 

 these articles of food were given to the dog in a raw state, while 

 before they are introduced into the human stomach they have been 

 either roasted or boiled. From experiments 9 and 10, it ap- 



* Dodsley's Annual Register, 1823, p. 285. 



