Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-03-03
From the N. Y Evangelist
DYSPEPSY.

NV dear brother Leavitt-It is now
thirteen years since l became experiment.
ally acquainted with the fashionable dis
ease called dyspepsy. And although |
have not suffered so deeply as many who
have felt its depressing influences, vet |
have suf' r d enough to sympathise with
them, and heartily desire their redemp-
Oh
" Haud i~narus mali, miseris succurrere Disco"
Ineed not tell you have gone through
he whole round of medicines, in such
case made and provided, for this is the
pract &c of all dyspeptics, nor that | rather
grew worse, for this is the general result
to which they come. Besides these, |
have dieted and exercised, until made
pretty fair experiment ofthe usual course
Of e'etcs, and t1elc St. Thousands of
mi 'es did travel throu h the most lovely
part of New England. and elsewhere, in
quest of health, but still my disease chung
to me with the grasp ofdeath.
My usual beverage morning and eve
ming, was good black tea. Coffee
had abandoned for years, suppos-
ing it was very unf iendly TO dyspepsY.-
Having heard, however, much ofthe ben
efts of the cold water system, more than a
year since | came to the conclusion to
give up tea also. 1t was hard work,
can assure you. l felt suppose, as the
grogdrinker does, who ahandons his Or
binary stimulus, very sleepy and stupid af
tern meas Yet | persevered, and We
/ ry soon found myself recovering rapidly
My stomach regained it's tone to a consd-
cradle extent, and my disease seemed al
most # not quite gone. About this time,
cocoa shells were introduced to nv table.
and suppOsing them perfectly harmless, |
! et' the water and participated in this bev-
"r" &c. Soon my acidi.y of stomach re-
trrn8d and down | settled in my dvspep-
sv again. Again l rallied, and went bac k
20 cod va'er; and in few DAYS bid fare
-. well to dysp*1sy, and progressed 50 fine,
~ N seoui ,ng healthtul tone Of stomach
thu | fancied there was no very great dan.
->er in taking a single cup Of black tea,
nc. nng and evening, with my family
md according y, last summer, when in
the beautiful sea-breeze ofGreen's Farms
and amidst its hills and valleys. so full OF
life, aoain BEGAN to drink lite black
IT,. My health was so lar restored, that
Id not Immediately perceive it's i'll effects
But IN few weeks, and particularly after
ny return TO the city my poor stomach be-
gan to suffer again. My head felt very
strangely, at times something like vertigo
Persuaded that black tea was at the bot.
tom of it all, again l returned to nv cold
water, and again was Immediately reliev.
ed all my dyspepsy. My stomach di.
gests all kinds of food, If taken in proper
quantities. For twelve years had moi
been able to eat any kind of fruit without
pain; now can eat and enjoy it. have
no doubt have eaten more of it within the
last ten weeks, than in ten years before.
believe that the following are in all
probability the reasons why cold water
lures dyspepsy |. 1t is the most health.
tul drink in the world. 2. The man
who confines himseIfto it, does not drink
one touth the quantity of LIQUID which he
toes Mo drinks tea. Liquids, you know
reduce the strength of the gastric Juice
and thus that ofthe digestive powers 3
Those who drink tea, drink it so hot as To
.nrre he coats Of the stomach.
Permit me, therefore, to recommend
to my companions in tribulation, the cold
water experiment.
Yours fraternally,
H. G. LUDI ,OW