Show What to Do After Eating Should one lie down after meals nnd if ho should one sleep Dr Schule an assistant of Baumler at lrelbers him analyzed the contents of tho stomachs of two normal subjects sub-jects lemovfd several hours after an Identical test meal of broad and distilled dis-tilled water followed Iii on instance by Bleep in thc other by simple rest In a horizontal position says the London Lon-don Post Schuli shows that sleep during digestion always insults In weakening the motlllty of the stomach stom-ach and Increasing the acidity of the gastric juice a fact attributed by him to the irritation caused by the chyme remaining ndbnoimaily long In the stomach He has also remarked that simple reposo In a horizontal position not accompanied by sleep stimulates the gastric function without increasing increas-ing the acIdity |