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The tenderness of animal flesh is influenced by sex,
age et&c. The female is more tender than the male. The
male being more dense and castrated animals
are better than the male that can propogate his species.
We have evidence of this in our beef et&c. Age also
influences the flesh of animals: it becomes more dense &
tough as the animal grows older. But lamb or veal is
more difficult of digestion than beef or mutton.
D^r Fardyce says that veal is very indigestable.
Pork also should be eaten in small quantities. We
should use vegatable diet almost entirely for our
patients in this country. We may lay it down as a
general rule that fat animals are more easily
digested than trim ones. more gluten in one than
the other. Some harts of beef more difficult of digestion
than others you all know how this applies to
beef steak. The blood, glands, ligaments, cartilages,
tendons, et&c you know are not to be digested, but
after long boiling, then they become a wholesome