SECT. XXXIV.—ON WRONG DIGESTION OF THE FOOD.
It contributes much to the health of those whose food spoils in their stomachs, that the offending matters be discharged downwards; and when they are not so discharged naturally, this operation ought to be promoted by gentle laxatives. Persons may, with advantage, take, before eating, an emetic from the drinking of wine, or must. They ought also to be counselled not to take food of a strong or offensive smell, nor such as easily becomes spoiled; but, on the contrary, such as is wholesome. To such persons, evacuations of the bowels at proper intervals, by means of gentle laxatives, are highly expedient.
Commentary. See Oribasius (Euporist. i, 3, and Synops. v, 30.) This subject will be more fully treated of in the [Third Book].