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MATERIALS FOR BLOOD. The great Crea- 

 tor has so- formed this wonderful apparatus, 

 that it has the power of forming chyle from 

 almost every substance, either in the animal or 

 vegetable kingdom. Some make more, others 

 less ; some make it of excellent quality, others 

 of a quality very inferior. From some, it is 

 formed very rapidly ; from others, very slowly. 

 Some things, in the process of digestion, give 

 out a great deal of heat ; others, very little. 

 Lastly, some produce great excitement and 

 disturbance of the stomach and other organs, 

 while others produce almost no disturbance at 

 all. 



As a general rule, those things which pro- 

 duce the least disturbance of the digestive 

 organs, and of the other organs of the body, 

 as well as the least heat, make the best chyle, 

 and the best blood ; and are, of course, the 

 best adapted to our use. It must be observed, 

 however, that much depends upon habit ; and 

 that a substance which is naturally rather infe- 

 rior to another may, by habit, be rendered for 

 a time somewhat more useful. 



Among the best things to subject to the 

 process of digestion are, bread made of wheat 



