Digestive heat
= Digestive heat
Historical explanatory power thought to transform <food> into bodily nourishment by <digestion>. In <Aretaeus of Cappadocia>, weakness of this power explains the <coeliac affection of Aretaeus>; this is not the modern mechanism of <coeliac disease>. <On the Causes and Signs of Chronic Diseases by Aretaeus of Cappadocia>[II.7, opening paragraph]{ref}