Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-25
Meram and tho Grape Cure.

MerAn and oIl0 (arap0 Cure. =
A writer in Chan ller's Journal says of
u peculiar of life Ut Meran, in the Tyrol !:
"But the great object of interest
here, tho absorbing occupation Of life il
eating grapes. III" first thing ono
does on arriving ut M'rrn is to buy a
basket and the visitor i, to be scon ut
seven next morning, gay and exultant.
buying grapes, to till his purchase IT
the evening before, wondering much Mt
their cleapncss !; yet discovering after n
few days experience; that he paid
rather highly ingiving ut once the price
demanded. For 6 iapes Of tho richest
bloom and most delicious flovor are to
be seen Ill around they hang in purple
punches over I'LL the hills, in every gar
den, rv,,nd every cottag porch, carts and
baskets full Of them, are brought into
town every morning, I.M they lie heapcl
on stalls in glorious prOfusiOn ut the
corners Of tho streets. Everybody who
comes takes the graz .,c-cure, to the ex-
tent of eating more grapes than he ever
did before in his life, unless he prefers
figs, which arc almost rs plentiful and
excellent. But l propos to speak now
Of those invalids sufl cring from bron-
chial affections, or recipient cols,lmp-
ton or other complaints for which this
most agreeable medicine has been pre-
scribcd. No quantity Of grapes under
three pounds a day car be consideredas
true mud energetic cure-less than
this is mere pleasant dallying. The
patient begins with one or two pounds
day, dividing the quantity il three
portions-one he takes an hour before
breakfast, tho second between that and
dinner (which takes place Mt 1890 or 1
at least. at Mcrau), and the lust por-
ton III the afternoon Or evening, IN
hour before the last meal of the day.
The grapes must be eaten in the open
air, an injunction obe:,ed to the letter
ct Meran, as everybody walks about
eating grapes all day long, unless you
prefer taking one of your three portions
sitting in your versnda. gazing lazily
out over the lovely coantry. After a
couple Of days, the quantity is to be in
creased by half " pound, until it
reaches three or four pounds. This is
often acknowledgements, Of course,
upon the nature If the disease, the
progress it has made, etc. Many peo-
pie cat six pounds daily, although as
many as eight is said TO be- not unusual.
Patients are not to he discouraged if they
feel less we'll after three or four days
of grape-eating; this is not seldom the
case but this crisis being past, they
speedily feel the benefit of the treat
ment. One great advantage of the
grape-curc is, that no special diet is en-
forced. Food in amy way trying to di:
gcstiOn is, Of course forbidden; and
other fruit is in general not recO-
mentlel but after eating from four to
six pounds of grapes daily, one docs
not feel any particular inclination for
further indulgence in Pomona's boun-
tics. Grapes, containing large guam
tity of nourishmcnt, have very
satisfying effect Oh the appetite gener-
ally, and less of other food is required
and in cases where the cure is taking
good effect, the patient gains in weight,
and, after while in strength also. AS
there IRE some diseases Of the respira-
tory organs for which the grape-cure Is
rather injurious than otherwise, it is
necessary to consult a physician before
undertaken: it. The euro Occupies
from TOUR t" six weeks, and duri.ig Sep
tcmbcra nd October the grapes .rcat their
best. Early ones are to he obtained in
August and late ones in November, but
they arc neither sogood nor efficacious;
the country, too, Is in its greatest
beauty during the 1.eight of tho grape
season. Not but v nat April is charm
ing month ut NJ ernn, when the abundant
almond and apricot trees are 1. mass Of
blossoms, and when tho traveller, return
ing home after Il winter passed in Italy,
is tempted to lingcr awhile in the pretty
little town before proceeding north
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