If one goes into a restaurant in the early morning in any one of the larger cities and observes the clerical and professional world breakfasting he at once discovers one of the reasons why there is so much inefficiency, weakness and disease among this class. They may be seen in large numbers eating a breakfast of eggs and toast or rolls, with coffee. No time is taken to properly masticate the food. It is washed down with coffee, while the "eater" nervously fingers the pages of the morning paper.

After a breakfast of this kind they rush off to their work and get through the morning some way. It is from this class that we get most of our patients.

Eating should be done when there is leisure to digest. Any other plan is unnatural and contrary to all the laws of physiology.