Note 89 — PEPTIC PRECEPTS.
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“As to the quality of food, although whatever is easy of digestion, singly considered, deserves the preference, yet regard must be had to the palate and to the appetite, because it is frequently found, that what the Stomach earnestly covets, though of difficult digestion, does nevertheless digest better than what is esteemed of easier digestion if the Stomach nauseates it: I am of opinion the patient ought to eat only of one dish at a meal.”—Sydenham on Gout.
“Every Animal but Man keeps to one dish—Herbs are the food of this species—Fish of that—and Flesh of a third.”—Spectator, No. 95.
“Be content with one dish at a meal, in the choice of that consult your palate.”—Mandeville on Hypochondriasis, p. 316.