relish.

DIGESTIBILITY OF FOOD. Unless an article of diet can be digested it is
of no value, no matter how rich it may be in nutriment. The quantity of
food taken, will influence to a considerable extent, the time consumed
in its digestion. The stomachs of all are not alike in this respect, and
the subject of time has been a difficult one to determine. The
experiments of Dr. Beaumont with the Canadian, St. Martin, who
accidentally discharged the contents of a loaded gun into his stomach,
creating an external opening through which the process of digestion
could be observed, have furnished us with the following table, which is
correct enough to show relatively, if not absolutely, the time required
for the digestion of various articles:

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ARTICLES OF DIET. | Mode of | Hours. Min.
|Preparation.|
----------------------------|------------|------------
Milk........................|Boiled......| 2 00
" ........................|Raw.........| 2 15
Eggs, fresh.................| " .........| 2 00
" " .................|Whipped.....| 1 30
" " .................|Roasted.....| 2 15
" " .................|Soft boiled.| 3 00
" " .................|Hard boiled.| 3 30
" " .................|Fried.......| 3 30
Custard.....................|Baked.......| 2 45
Codfish, cured, dry.........|Boiled......| 2 00
Trout, salmon, fresh........| " .........| 1 30
Trout, salmon, fresh........|Fried.......| 1 30
Bass, striped, " ........|Broiled.....| 3 00
Flounder, " ........|Fried.......| 3 30
Catfish, " ........| " .........| 3 30
Salmon, salted..............|Boiled......| 4 00
Oysters, fresh..............|Raw.........| 2 55
" " ..............|Roasted.....| 3 15
" " ..............|Stewed......| 3 30
Venison steak...............|Broiled.....| 1 35
Pig, sucking................|Roasted.....| 2 30
Lamb, fresh.................|Broiled.....| 2 30
Beef, fresh, lean, dry......|Roasted.....| 3 30
" with mustard, etc........|Boiled......| 3 10
" " salt only...........| " ......| 3 36
" " " " ...........|Fried.......| 4 00