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ſome are acid, others are alkaleſcent."—p. 126.—"An animal with a ſtrong vital force of digeſtion will turn acids into animal ſubſtances, but if its food be entirely alkaleſcent, its juices will be more ſo.—No perſon is able to ſupport a diet of fleſh and water without acids, as ſalt, vinegar, and bread, without falling into a putrid fever."—182.—"A conſtant adherence to one diet may have bad effects on any conſtitution. Nature has provided a great variety of nouriſhment for human creatures and furniſhed us with appetites of deſire, and organs to digeſt them. (There is a moſt curious bill of fare in Sir Hans Sloane's Natural Hiſtory of Jamaica.")—p. 216.—"There are vegetables, acid, alkaline, cooling, hot, relaxing, aſtringent, acrid, andmild,
