Problems, Books XXII-XXXVIII; Rhetorica Ad Alexandrum, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Why is it that the quantity of food needed to pro 1 duce satiety is not proportionate in the same persons, but varies according to whether they eat fruit after or before a meal P Is it because fruit is much heavier than the same volume of solid food? Figs prove this, if they are eaten last; for they are vomited last. If, then, the) are eaten first, owing to their weight they sink down and leave plenty of room above, so as to admit easily the Iolume of solid food. Conversely, when the solid food enters, because it does not travel downwards, it quickly fills the upper empty space.

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