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y what is it changed in the lungs?--"Nobody knows." Into what is it changed in the mouth?--"Into pulp." Into what is it changed after leaving the stomach?--"Into chyle and waste substance." Into what is it changed in the lungs?--"Into blood." What is the change in the mouth called?--"Mastication, or chewing." What is the change in the stomach called?--"Chymification, or chyme-making." What is the change after leaving the stomach called?--"Chylification, or chyle-making." What is necessary, if you would have a healthy stomach?--"I must be careful what kind of food I eat; how much I eat; and when I eat." What kind of food must you eat?--"Wholesome food, etc." See Formula. How much must you eat?--"Enough, but not too much." How must you eat?--"Slowly." How should your food be masticated?--"Thoroughly." When must you eat?--"Regularly, but not too often." When should you avoid eating?--"Just before bedtime." What kind of air should you breathe?--"Pure air." How should you sit, stand, and walk?--"Erect." Why should you not eat too much food?--"Because, if I eat too much food, my stomach will have too much work to do in changing it into chyme." Why should you eat slowly?--"That I may have time to masticate the food thoroughly." Why should you masticate your food thoroughly?--"That it may be well prepared to enter the stomach." Why should the food be well prepared to enter the stomach?--"Because, if it is not well prepared in the mouth, the stomach will have too much work to change it into chyme." Why should you eat regularly, but not too often?--"Because the stomach needs rest, which it cannot have, if I eat too often." Why should you avoid eating just before bedtime?--"Because, while I am asleep, the stomach cannot do the work of changing the food as it ought to be changed; because the stomach should rest with the other parts of the body." Why should you breathe pure air?--"Because pure air helps to make pure blood, which the stomach needs to make it strong and healthy." Why should you sit, stand, and walk erect?--"That the stomach may not be crowded out of its place, or pressed upon by other parts of the body." In what way does tobacco hurt the stomach?--"It poisons the saliva and prevents it from preparing the food to enter the stomach." What harm does tobacco do inside the stomach?--"It weakens the stomach and makes it unfit to change the food into chyme." How will
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