, 1877-11-30
THE CHICAGO
THE BLOOD-CURE.
Patients Who Drink at New York Alb.
attoirs--The Thirst for Blood,
Butchers Claim 1t WIN Curc...Physl.
clans Say 1t Is Dangerous.

forbetl by those people who nse Immediately
about tho body at the ttmo Of death. This
vitality ta known to exist In tho b1ool, md It Ia
not surprising then that there nre persons who
daily visit the abntto!ra to catch the hot blood
of the bullock aud, drinking II, nourish and sus-
tain theft own exhausted vitality Such Is actu-
1tly tho case, md the abattoIr at tbs foot Of
Thirty fourth street nhd North River is tho re-
eip'e,,t Of the most patronage and numbers
among fts patients or customers tic crcateat
variety Of diseases. Tho blood ls drank pri,,-
eLpalfy for consumption and debility, and for
diseases and complaints Of kindred nature.
But thcrd lavc bccn some cases Of almost MIR
aculous cures, 1t Is stated, particularly among
children, Of scrofnlons diseases aud diseases Of
The bones.
now THE ntoop Is DRANK.
A visit to The s1aughter.house ut the foot Of
Thirty fourth street Was made yesterday BIZ tho
writer. Passing through the long lines Of beef,
dressed and reudy for tho market, tu tho centre
Of tho huge building, the slamblcs arc found.
Great, sturdy men, with arns bare TO tho
shoulder and dyed With blood, stood within
small lnelosurr, aud hanging before them Was
Texan steer, still warm and tho blood dripping
from Eash In his throat. The fmp1cmcnta OF
slaughter lar about, and tho light struggling
through Tho windows overhead and reflected
fruln tic bloolsoakcl floor caat reddish tint
upnn everything. The stecr Was lowered to the
,!ooe, and, while tho hide was being rapinly
taken frnul bis body, tl,c writer turned to one
Ut the attendants and said:
ADO people come hero 10 drink btoodl'
"Lorl bless you. ycs lots OF them. Havo
glasst" ard tho CORY Hercules stopped down
for n small dippcr that STOOD near by. The
Lac Vxxf fn Al.
"What tl, they drink II fori's
"NelI, for atl kinds OF thlngs. It will euro
almost anything, II you OILY think it will. Con-
who think they're wenk to get strong"
s1fas It an t,upleasant tastel'
40 no; tastes something like warm mtlk,n
md here tho lnan nnde n mutton Us II to get
some, WHICH the writer hastily checked.
Can people como hi'd drink quantity Of 1t
"ycry seldom. Most people arc afraid Of II
at frat. but they get to like 4 after awhile. La
dies arc the worst; they makc awful faces tho
first few times. but they take TO /. In tho cnI
Just rs II II was faEcr+h
'tDo you lsavc ,nany ladies come for itt''
"Loisl Almost every dax we hare some, md
yuung la.ly como here every morning in llcr
carrincG. I'hc first tlino sue cnmc she looked
very bad. She WA white and thin, and did not
st out Of hcr cutrlagc, ~ bssause shs was not
fuss about II. though. sic W was % going {" iant
when she saw tho glassful that was brought her.
Take It away, sue said, and soft was taEcu away
That day she managed to get down tcaspoon-
ike Il ike ali to r:.t. aud Il wasnt lone @ 6eto1o
she could tnke tumblcr Of it aud smack her
lips, too. She got fattcr ami fatter oil tho
Time, and now she docs not come any more,
anl suppose alto Is cured"
t11p thnv IN Ea hn
thcmln
~ "Take : / homc' No. sir; they hare got to
clottetl and they can't drink 1t at ali. You sec
ninutes until nc kill frcsl, stecr. Just as
eoun as the throat Is cut The hlootl spurts out,
and We catch some Of It In glaas and then
they must drink II right DOWN.
"What Is tho socIal position OF tho patients ~
"Wsll, sono orc Rich mud somu aso poor; but
they ali meet on common ground when they
women than wo au III men; tllat's natural, you
gntcful when ihoy aro cured tban men do.
There was an oil man WHO caInu hero once,
aud he used TO grunlblu IL tho blood was not
juat ready for lin. We stood 1t a. long as wo
could. an1 thon up aud told bin ono morning
more easy and took his blood as quiet % any
onc."
at ls said BY some people, particularly some
doctors, that the habit Of drinking blood is a
dangerous ono, because a person cngcndcss
moro they drink tho moro thcy want.'s
VI Just I'll you what y Is, those doctors don't
they would Ect well then, aud that Would ruin
ttiv!r business. II people would atop cating
meat VIC should huyo to 10 ont OF the business,
anl Il people woaitl stop getting sick what
Just 90 down to tlle markets. any Of thetn,'
mud ask the butchers II tl,oy cYcr have con.
sumption when they work around fresh meat.
NJ, sIr, they don't, mud many man has been
lin. a. for the love Of it, thcy all IIke Il we'll
enuuch ufter they get used to 1t, and l llave
heart Of men who hare drunk 1t regularly for
ysnrs but nfycr heard there was anythlug queer
THE uATn Or ExTHAiis.
The men about tho slaughter.houses speak
not only Of caAcs Of consumption cured, but
also af tlctoemft'cs aud swclllngs made we'll,
Tho ehsa of child, l9ttlc girl about years
81 ase, shat Was brought to the abattotr n1n,ost
When sl1 hrat appeared she was accompanied
by her paEcnts und was exceedingly thin and
pale. sils was afflicted, IL was stated, With ill.,
'laRnatory rheumatism OK something Of that
shape. Tho little thing was indeed sufferer,
and waa regarded with anxious eyes by tbs
stllrly men. Her father had henri that tho
pauncll vi steer placed around tho lseuscd
limb Houkl have benelclal ciFcet, mud lad
soluc to tFy tha experiment upon hls daughter.
TITS butchers, atrlps III their be1icf In tbs etll-
cacJ ut t&leir pct thcosles, advised hin. by all
s1tAns to do 50. and offered to prepare tho bath
Of entra!ls. When tho next bullock had been
killed aud the lide cut open, tho stomach was
takea out and it, contents placed Ia barrel ur
large tut. Tho little GIRL MAS now brought
iorwnrd and prepared for plunge Into The hor.
rlbla n,ssA. FFlghte1cd almost to death ahe
waa At tho terribly sight, 10 her. Of slaughtered
an1hals and blood-stalnrA sucn; but, nptwita.
standing hrF SCREAMS and strugglca, she rms
ioEccl feet foremost into tho STILL warm GU
trails. TAls treatment MAS repeated fron
tlmv ~ time during tho summer with
markc1 beneficial results. It IL claim
I'll NOW that tho litttu gtsl has alu,ost
cntl@ly recovered. Several cuses Of scrolulous
patients cured are mentioned by the habtucs Of
Tue IlaFkett aud one or two gaaes nf these wcfp
chitdruu. Quo case, rs relatesl to tho writer By
VI Old nan who has spcnt al Ills ilfe about
markets, via eyGn Moro horrible ia It's details
thaa thu caae Of tho little gsri mentioned eboye,
6hs was brought tn tho Jersey City alattoir bY