APPETITE

in health, is the best guide to the quality and to the quantity of food eaten, provided that this be taken slowly. In disorders of the digestive system the appetite is impaired. During the ccnivaleeeanes from fevers, and in those suffering from tape-worm or diabetes, the appetite is often increased. In anwmia, pregnancy, and some forms of insanity, the appetite is often depraved or perverted, that is to say there is a craving for unwholesome articles, like slate pencils or chalk. This depraved appetite is also found amongst certain savage tribes. The po of sugar, #0 common in childhood, should be encouraged, and tho loathing for fat tolerated, as both are results of a normal appetite, but sugar should be allowed only at meals. [s. 333]