Digestion
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+ | "[[Common sense]] tells us that [[Subjectivism|the things of this earth hardly exist]], and that true [[reality]] is only in [[dream]]s. To [[digestion|digest]] [[nature|natural]] (or [[artificiality|artificial]]) [[happiness]] takes first of all the courage to [[swallow]] it down. And perhaps those worthy of happiness are precisely those for whom felicity, as mortals conceive it, has ever the effect of an emetic." --Charles Baudelaire in ''[[Les Paradis artificiels]]'' | ||
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+ | <small>The '''''Canard Digérateur''''', or '''Digesting Duck''', was an [[automaton]] in the form of [[duck]], created by [[Jacques de Vaucanson]] in [[1739]]. | ||
+ | Voltaire wrote that "without [...] the duck of [[Vaucanson]], you have nothing to remind you of the glory of [[France]]." (''"Sans...le canard de Vaucanson vous n'auriez rien qui fit ressouvenir de la gloire de la France."'') This is often misquoted as "Without the shitting duck, we would have nothing to remind us of the glory of France."</small>]] | ||
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'''Digestion''' is the process of [[metabolism]] whereby a biological entity processes a substance in order to [[chemistry|chemically]] and mechanically convert the substance for the [[body]] to use. | '''Digestion''' is the process of [[metabolism]] whereby a biological entity processes a substance in order to [[chemistry|chemically]] and mechanically convert the substance for the [[body]] to use. | ||
+ | ==See also== | ||
+ | * [[Erepsin]] | ||
+ | * [[Nutrition]] | ||
+ | * [[Human gastrointestinal tract]] | ||
+ | * [[Stomach]] | ||
+ | * [[Gastroesophageal reflux disease]] | ||
+ | * [[Discovery and development of proton pump inhibitors]] | ||
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"Common sense tells us that the things of this earth hardly exist, and that true reality is only in dreams. To digest natural (or artificial) happiness takes first of all the courage to swallow it down. And perhaps those worthy of happiness are precisely those for whom felicity, as mortals conceive it, has ever the effect of an emetic." --Charles Baudelaire in Les Paradis artificiels |
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Digestion is the process of metabolism whereby a biological entity processes a substance in order to chemically and mechanically convert the substance for the body to use.
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See also
- Erepsin
- Nutrition
- Human gastrointestinal tract
- Stomach
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease
- Discovery and development of proton pump inhibitors
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