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Title: The science of eugenics and sex life, the regeneration of the human race ..
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Hadden, Walter J Robinson, Charles H Melendy, Mary Ries, 1842- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Eugenics Marriage Beauty, Personal Women
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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, those about four or fiveyears old, is more nutritious than that of younger ones. Beef andmutton are more easily digested than veal and pork. Yeal broth, how-ever, contains more nutri-tious matter than muttonbroth, or beef tea. Poultryand wild birds, if young,yield a tender and digestiblemeat. Fish vary much intheir digestibility; salmon,for instance, being utterlyunfit for weak stomachs.Crabs and lobsters are no-toriously indigestible. VALUE OF MILK. This is the sole nourish-ment provided by naturefor the young of man andbeast, and contains all foodelements in the best propor-tions for the infants needs.But milk alone is not adapt-ed to the adult as a generalrule. Some, it is true, havefound an all-milk diet bene-ficial in certain states ofI impaired health; but itwould not generally suffice.Supplemented by other food, however, it is invaluable, and notappreciated as it ought to be. Hot milk is a beverage that cannotwell be overestimated. It should be slowly sipped, as hot as it can
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BEAUTY DIET. 91 be taken; a little salt being added if it makes the milk more palatable.It is really surprising what quickly reviving influence this drink has,when one is fatigued by over-exertion of body or mind. The milkheated for this purpose should not be boiled; it injures the flavor.But boiled milk, taken while still hot, is one of the best of foods inalmost all bowel complaints, and is very successful as a remedy. InIndia, where the climate produces many such ailments, it is in con-stant use for this purpose. A physician in practice there has foundthat a pint every four hours will check the most violent diarrhoea,stomach-ache, dysentery, or incipient cholera. It is soothing and heal-ing to the whole digestive tract. No patient will need other foodduring bowel troubles, so that the same simple preparation serves atonce for medicine and nourishment. Cheese, while highly nutritious, is not very digestible. It shouldbe eaten sparingly until experience proves whether it is suited to

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