Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1884 — Facts About Digestion. [ARTICLE]

Facts About Digestion.

Jessen has carried but a series of experiments to determine the time necessary for the digestion of equal quantities of different meats and of milk. Three different methods were employed in th'e investigation: 1. Artificial digestion; 2. Introduction of the meats’into the stomach of a living dog, bv means of a fisttila; 3. Upon a Mthymwailowing-hini to swattbw" the foods used, and ascertaining the time of digestion by means of a stomach pump. The results obtained by the different methods were, on the whole, uniform, as far as the relative time necessary for digestibh in each case was concerned, and may be stated as follows: Raw beef and mutton were digested most quickly; for half-boiled beef and raw veal, a longer time is necessary ; thoroughly boiled and halfroasted beef, raw pork, and sour cow’s riiilk. followed next; fresh cow’s milk, skimmed milk, and goat’s milk were still, less easily digested; while the longest time was required for thoroughly roasted meats and boiled milk.