pleasing serving of the food, the delicious odor, and teresting is that of the psychic influence of food and portance in all matters concerning food and drink. never reaches the stomach, this excitation of stomachic It is today recognized that appetite and taste, those and digestion in the stomach. Even though the food last and most important, the enjoyable sensation of the high seasoning of food. But the general psychic ef- which are observed, but the nature and excitation of digestive fluids. It is not intended here to advocate Food introduced into the mouth not only excites the peculiar nervous and psychic functions, the effects of liquor in the production of poverty, insanity, crime, and fistula, i. e.j a permanent opening, so that the food more savory the food, the greater the secretion of able and interesting outlooks. One of the most in- Recent researches in the broad realm of food action takes place, as Pavlov showed by his experi- ments with dogs in whose esophagus he developed a secretion of gastric, juice, preparatory to its reception chemistry and physiology have opened some remark- other misery, for the other. dropped out instead of reaching the stomach. The flow of saliva, but also, by nervous action, starts the fect, the appetizing preparation of the table, the clean, which are so little understood, are of extreme im- drink.