The British and Foreign Medical Review, 1844, Vol. 17

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Excerpt from The British and Foreign Medical Review, 1844, Vol. 17: Or Quarterly Journal of Practical Medicine and SurgeryA most striking circumstance connected with these alimentary prin ciples - that no one of them, in its isolated state, is capable Of a¿'ord ing nourishment to animals for any length Of time, calls for remark in this place. They all excite aversion after they have been used for a very short time. Gluten is the only compound, belonging in anywise to this class of substances, which has been found to be consistent with pro longed nutrition. The glutinous part of wheat was first discovered early in the last century by Beccaria, who, with Rouelle, proved that to it wheaten ¿our and some other vegetable substances owe their superiority as human food. According to a table given by Dr. Pereira, the propor tion of glutinous matter contained in different varieties of wheat, varies from 9-2 to 351 per cent. Now this Beccaria's gluten is a mixture of several organic principles. By boiling in alcohol it may be resolved into an insoluble portion, being vegetable fibrin, and a soluble part, con sisting probably of at least two substances, mucin and glutin and, as remarked by Magendie, this substance, containing much gluten (v. Fibrin), combined with a little albumen, gum, mucilage, fecula, and even sugar, is really a very compound substance. Hence its sufficiency for the nourishment of animals. A consideration of these facts leads to the conclusion, that protein and its compounds undergo some important changes in the digestive organs, to prepare them for secondary assimila tion, and that they require to be mixed or combined with other substances in order to ensure the due progression of these changes.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.