930 RELATIVE QUANTITIES OF FOOD 



Potatoes 22,000 Ibs. 



Mangold Wurtzel 22,000 



Parsnips 11 ,000 



Cabbages 10,000 



Turnips 8240 



Apples 7000 



Pears 5000 



Onions 2800 



Beans and Peas . 2000 



Plums and Cherries . . 2000 



Oats and Barley 1840 



Wheat 1250 



Mutton 224 



Beef 186 



Milk 2900 



Butter 300 



Cheese . 200 



With regard to the quantity of aliment re- 

 quired to maintain health and strength, much 

 depends on climate, season, age, sex, tempera- 

 ment, and mode of life. To persons in robust 

 health, scarcely anything in the rich banquet 

 of nature comes amiss ; whereas, the feeble and 

 phlegmatic require moderation, and the choice of 

 a light but nutritious diet. Perhaps there is no 

 better guide than the instinctive appetite im- 

 planted by nature, which if not perverted by 

 artificial and vicious customs, always prefers 

 what is salutary, but revolts from the use of 

 drugs and poisons. Let every one then partake 

 in moderation of what he likes best, and cure 

 repletion by abstinence, or exercise, rather than 

 resort to emetics and purgatives. 



When more food is taken than is required to 

 repair the waste of the solids, there is a super- 

 abundance of imperfectly formed blood, that 

 abounds with oily matter, which if not carried off 

 by suitable exercise, deranges the nutritive pro- 

 cess, causing a feverish state of the body, indi- 



