The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29
FOOD MEDICINES.
A New Curative PrRnekpke
Advocated

lieves that the time will come when
those diseases which are AOW cared
by medicine will be cared by food.
Salt is one Of the best remedies for
splitting blood, and q IaAp of salt
forced into the stomach has arres-
ted coAYRhlonS MateFmel0As are
known 10 act spaciScally and
powerfully apVA thS kfdHies. They
therefore are o remedy in epilepsy,
some conditions of cholera, and
have cured diarrheas and fevers.
The rSAsNA is simples tbs water IN
cholera . and dlaFrAeA runs of
through the bowels $ diverted
the proper ehaAAel by haking tho
kidneys act, and the elements in
the hood which cause eplEepsy, and
fsveTs are carried of BY . free act.
ion Of the same organ. A p~hsyician
in South America treated eight
cases of yellow fever with water
meleAs> asd cared them all. He
discovered the great value OF the
remedy by n of his patients
crawling IN the night to a pile OF
water melons and eating his fill.
The next morning be was better,
and recovered soon. Nature near
ly always indicates the remedy, as
she does IE the cats craving for
catDip, and when it 10 found that
patton in foyer early always crave
water melons, it might be at once
known that this luccious product is
q valuable febrifuge. The most
remarkable case Of this instinct and
Of q fever cure (not zen record" for
this Is the 6hst time it has been put
on record), of which we have ever
heard, occurred some years agNin
this state. Il is vouched foF by .
physician in good standing He
left o lsver patient in the early eve
ming, under the impression that
he would be dead by morning.
About midnight q member Of the
family called him up and requested
him to visit the patient again.
Going toward the house, when .
square distant, be heard . voice
crying, "CI6erI Cidert CideFt7 ihe
voice growing louder IS no nearvd
the house, and eUntinsing the cry
in q monotonous and Eeehaniosl
tone. He found on entering the
house that the cry issued fom his
patient, who seemed unconscious
and paid ne attention to anything
said or done, but kept on crying
"CIder!" The ply STEFAN procured q
pitcher fall OF cider and raised the
patient, resting his neck against
pillows, and placed the pitcher IN
his hands. He clutched il greedy
and drained it to the bottOml Then
he went on crying "Ciderf' the cry
gradually growing lower until the
patient tell asleep. The physician
renamed until the mans skin be-
gan to soften and grow moist. In
the morRing the physician rsturned
and found the patient doing well
anu Nc hOoa IeCOboEc0s ho nou hO
recollection whatever VI having
cried "Cidery having been uhcOns-
clvus all the while. The instinct
within him appears to have taken
possession of the unconscious man,
and like agood spirit. used his voice
70 tell what would save him. Cider
therefore, may be set down as a
remedy for fever. Raw minced
beef is now used As q remedy for
bloody fux and consumption. Coll
cry 10 90 excellent remedy for kid
ney Affections. Ripe fruits and ber-
ries cure costivness. Olive or sweet
oil taken soon after . poison will
serve ~ an antIdOte. Pounded
raw cranbsrles put as q poultlce on
parts affected with eyrsipelas will
effect . cure within q week. A
man was cured Of b~ydrophbia by
eating voracIously of onions.