The Dublin Journal of Medical Science, Vol. 83

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Excerpt from The Dublin Journal of Medical Science, Vol. 83: January to June 1887Dear sirs, - In reply to your inquiry as to whether Dextrine or Malt Sugar is best suited for digestion by children, I must say that I think Dextrine is undoubtedly preferable. The two following reasons will, I think, convince anyone that this conclusion is well founded In the first place, Dextrine will not undergo alcoholic or acid fermenta tion, as will Malt Sugar and other forms of sugar. It is well known that children are apt to have acidity of the stomach after eating sweet things this is, of course, due to the fermentation of the sugar in the stomach. In addition to this, Pavy has recently shown (london Lancet, 1885) that carbohydrates are converted in the alimentary canal into Dextrine or a Similar substance that has no reducing action on Fehling's solution. From this it would appear that Dextrine is, of all the carbo hydrates, the most nearly ready for absorption by the system. The success that has recently attended the use of Dextrine in Dyspepsia gives strength to this view. - Very respectfully.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.