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Animal food

inducing flatulences et&c. But is certainly the safest and
one of the most valuable of all vegetables, and when
mixed with flour makes an excellent bread.
upon the whole it is one of the most valuable &
wholesome vegetables we have. I refer you to D^r
Cullen for the remainder of the vegatables and even
to say something of Animal Food. But first we
must recollect that the eccentricities of the human
stomach are very great. After the fortieth year
D^r Rush said the stomach became shy of new acquaintances.
This is not quite so correct as another observation
of his, that green peas when they first come almost
always produce Colics et&c. That animal food was
intended for man is not at the present day denied,
and it has been used in all ages and in most
countries. The flesh of quadrapeds has been said to be
the most proper aliment because it is already
assimilated to ourselves. This is a bad argument &
would prove that blood is the best food for man