A Treatise on Domestic Economy; For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School

are fatty and oily substances; especially if heated. It is on this account, that pie-crust, and articles boiled and fried in fat or butter, are deemed not so healthful as other food. The following, then, may be put down as the causes of a debilitated constitution, from the misuse of food. Eating _too much_, eating _too often_, eating _too fast_, eating food and condiments that are _too stimulating_, eating food that is _too warm_ or _too cold_, eating food that is _highly-concentrated_, without a proper admixture of less nourishing matter, and eating food that is _difficult of digestion_. FOOTNOTE: [F] The individual here referred to,--Alexis St. Martin,--was a young Canadian, of eighteen years of age, of a good constitution, and robust health, who, in 1822, was accidentally wounded by the discharge of a musket, which carried away a part of the ribs, lacerated one of the lobes of the lungs, and perforated the stomach, making a large aperture, which never closed; and which enabled Dr. Beaumont, (a surgeon of the American army, stationed at Michilimackinac, under whose care the patient was placed,) to witness all the processes of digestion and other functions of the body, for several years. The published account of the experiments made by Dr. B., is highly interesting and instructive. CHAPTER VII. ON HEALTHFUL DRINKS. Although intemperance in eating is probably the most prolific cause of the diseases of mankind, intemperance in drink has produced more guilt, misery, and crime, than any other one cause. And the responsibilities of a woman, in this particular, are very great; for the habits and liabilities of those under her care, will very much depend on her opinions and practice. It is a point fully established by experience, that the full developement of the human body, and the vigorous exercise of all its functions, can be secured without the use of stimulating drinks. It is, therefore, perfectly safe, to bring up children never to use them; no hazard being incurred, by such a course. It is also found, by experience, that there are two evils incurred, by the use of stimulating