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Sect. 2.-on the Abuse of Food

11. In the preceding section it has been shown that a diet of a mixed kind is best adapted for maintaining the health of man, and that the ingredients of which it is composed should be varied from time to time, and also according to the age of the individual. Thus it is right to use animal as well as vegetable food in moderation, and in proportion to the demands of the system; but more than this is an abuse, and should not be encouraged, as it will surely, sooner or later, produce mischief in some organ or organs. Even alcohol is required under certain circumstances, where a great expenditure of heat is going on, and at all times may be indulged in without injury if properly diluted, and in moderate quantities; though at the same time,