DENTITION AND DIET. 133 
AWN rus UrieT oF HorsEs—(MEN oFTEN Dia THEIR GRAVES 
WITH tHEIR TEETH, AND THE SAME IS TRUE AS REGARDS 
Aorsin)-— VaRIETY OF Foop NECESSARY — EFFECTS OF 
SERTAIN KINDS OF Foop—As REGARDS ‘HE REQUISITE 
QUANTITY, ETC. 
It is admitted by medical men, and the experience of the reader 
viay possibly have confirmed the fact, that a great proportion cf 
the diseases occurring among live stock are produc:d, either di- 
rectly or indirectly, by errors in diet; consequently the means of 
prevention should Le known, and used accordingly. 
No special form of diet can, for any great length of time, pre- 
serve the integrity of the animal system. In order to substan- 
tiate this assertion, we sha] show the effect of simp’e elementary 
vrinciples on the body of wan, inferring, at the sane time, tha! 
man’s servant, the horse, is included. The reader has probably 
heard of the experiment made by Napoleon Bonuparte, which 
was that of trying to supply the nutritive wants of his system by 
living on a concentrated prepstation of beef, in the form of jelly. 
He gave it a fuir trial, yet came very near starving on the same 
and he was led vo remark that the stomach was a sort of scav- 
enger, which required a given amount of rubbish: to sort from, 
and select the necessary elements fur renovating the tissues. He 
probably selected jelly because it is highly nutritious, containing 
more of the flesh-making principle than most articles of food 
it was rich, not only in nitrogen, but also in oxygen, hydrogen, 
and carbon, four of the principal elements which compose tha 
animal fabric. 
The fact is, no single article of diet, let t be ever ¢9 rich in the 
elements of organized tissues, can long support life. A nation of 
men subsisting long on a simple form of diet, without variety 
would soon become emaciated, and die of inuutrition. Let the 
Grahamites abstain from milk, and live on bread and water, and 
vhey would soon exterminate themselves. Milk is a highly nu- 
tritious compound, and furnishes their systems with the equiva- 
lents that we obtain from beef and mutton. The inhabitants of 
she “Celestiai Empire” (Chinese) are great consumers of rice. 
it is the priueipa! article of diet among the poorer classes, many 
of whem ore lank and lean. and would make very respectabie 
