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Materia Alimentaria

Chyle, Sugar

able to detect an acid except when digestion was imperfect.
Dr More Supposes an excess of acid to arise from a morbid
secretion of the stomach, as in cases of Dyspepsia, there
are few if any nutrients obtained from the Mineral
Kingdom, they are merely condiments. Chyle. Is never
found in the stomach, hence food is not properly digested
in this organ, in proof of the Pylorus has been tyed and the
absorbents of the stomach have been found distended with
a limpid fluid. I believe Chyle is formed in the whole tract
of the primae via. Dr Haller found Lacteals even in the
Rectum. Sugar. This is one of the most nutritious
articles used in the food of man, and vegitables are so in
proportion to the quantity of saccharinic matter they
contain. It is obtained in great quantities from the Date,
Fig, Raisins, and Beets. I lived by the advice of Dr Cullen
when in Edinburgh 6 months on Dates for the gout.
Farina and Sugar, are naturally changed into each
other in malting the farina is changed into sugar hence
in vegitables sometime we obtain a large quantity of sugar, at
another farina. Dr Willis observes that sugar freely used