The Western Democrat

Dyspepsia And Its Supposed Remedies.—Dr. Tucker, of the Medical Journal, has no faith in bran bread, rye bread, &c., as remedies in dyspepsia. They are commonly supposed to exert a good feeling by keeping the bowels open by their mechanical effect of irritation, but it is an absurd idea to give indigestible bran to a stomach already weakened, and whose complaint is that it cannot digest. Bran and other mechanical irritants, though they may relieve the constipation, are not remedial, and only afford a present relief of one symptom, purchased at the risk of aggravating the real difficulty

Dr. Tucker believes that cold and stale wheat bread is the most digestible, and, therefore, the best.