A new illustrated hand-book of phrenology, physiology and physiognomy (1878)
Wells, R. B. D · London, H. Vickers · leaf 182
se, and premature decay. 159 The foundation for perverted Alimentiveness is frequentlylaid in childhood byfparents feeding their infants too often,as also by pampering them with sweets, cakes, and otherinjurious things, which derange the stomach and clog thesystem with waste matter.… … Fig. yg.—Alimentiveness Large. development of this faculty is the cause of much miseryfrom weakened digestion, inasmuch as it gives a cravingfor highly seasoned food and alcoholic drinks, whichinflame the stomach and cause those disorders of the 160 stomach which produce dyspepsia. It is also the…
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