The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-10
CONSUMPTION CURED.
Experience Of Z, Z. Langstroth in
the Use of Honey to Cure
His Wife.
Reported in American Bee Journal

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she started for Oxford, in the fail.
some OF her friends feared she
might never reach there aiive. she
was very much cnaciated, had con
SAINT nlgHt sweaLs, Il distressing
cough, and tue usua! symptoms OF
a speedy declihe. AuXiously stud,
Ping what remedies could be used
wIlh any hope OF success. the fol
! lowing considerations determined
me To make u trial of the curative
powers of pur. honey:
L. | h1d H"ticed that from the
time OF Hlppocrates, who wrote
| more than 1000 Years ago, even
down t. modern writer's, there was
strong ami continuous testimony
In favor OF the virtues of houey in
curing or alternating all diseases Of
the breathing organs. Charles But
Ter a very learned and accurate
writer, in hi- History of Bees"
published in 1884, asserts "Lhat il
breedeJh good blood, stirreUh up
natural heat, and prolongeth liie;"
referring largely 10 the aDcients for
his proofs.
Now, what l0gicial call commands
consensus human generiS, ''the com
mon agreement 81 the human race
on any matter fairly within the
range OF their observation, has al
ways been cons dered as coming
very near to demonstration itself
2. About this time | received
from the late DIR. Z j. Kirkland of
Cleveland, Ohio-Jhe mention OF
whose name will inspire in a wide
circle deep feeling of reverenti al
considerations letter informing
me that one of his pupils had dis
covered that honey mixed with
some OthSr ingredients honey,
however, being the main thing) was
a much better remedy in consump-
tive cases than cod liver oil.
3. Nearly at the same Time l re
ceived a printed statement of the
various EXHIBITS of bees, hives, hon
ey, ETC., maize at the Worlds Far |
at London. The name of the Count |
ess Ogla, of Russia, was given as
some linden or Eastwood !
honey-"Oleaginous honey" 81
the statement that this
kind of honey is in some parts of
Persia in higher repute
for curing consumption than cod
liver oil. Linden honey having "a
decided baisamic odur, as well as
IN OILY nature, may possess some
Aapnliar f.f1raf,ua xyirtnas,
4. The bee is almost the only in
sect known To possess animal heat
To survive the winter, it must live
n a colony state; for in no other
way can 1t generate and preserve
,he requisite temperature. This
leat. OF course, comes from its food.
To suppose that the Creator has not
made this tool specially heat pro
iucing, would be like supposlng
hat a good engineer who wants to
get up most economically a given
amount of steam, would prefer TO
Use suggy wood or slaty coal. We
need hardly say, therefore, that
chemistry confirms the old belief,
hat honey is specially heat pro
iuc;ng food
3. Consumption is derived from
he Latin word conSumere, TO waste,
o burn up. The system of a con
person is in such dis
,ased state that it fails to obtain
rom the food taken sufficient nu-
riment and heat. II seeks, there
ore, TO make up the deficiency by
Dreying upon the fatty tissues.
When the Idy becomes SO ema-
lated that this can no longer be
lone, the patient dies, just as the
ire goes out when the fuel is all
To prevent the dis
,ased system from thus consuming
tself, physicians have recommen
ID cod liver oil and other heat pro
iucing substances. But if honey
'breedeth good blood and greatly
,tirreth animal heat" may it not
,rove one of the most potent and
pleasant remedies TOR consumption?
A very aged man once being asked
ly Alexander how he had secured
such a vigorous old age, replied:
by honey within and oil without"
that is, by eating honey and
himself with oil.
Having duly weighed all the
above considerations, l gained the
of nv wife TO make a faith
,ul trial of honey. 1t occurred 10
ne that its efficiency could be much
better tested by using it in small
Quantities and at very frequent in
ervals, than in any other way. If
me wishes to keep up a uniform
in a room, by the use
If a gwen amount of fuel, it cannot
'e done by using a large amount at ;
,nce, with all the hampers open;
,ut by gaining complete control
'ver the combustion, so that the
leat can he regularly supplied l
This idea of small but oft repeated
loses is lew, / think, and very i'm
)ortant. If we should "eat honey ;
because it Is good" we should also,
IN the same good authority, ''eat
lot too much,' lest its too free use
De followed by nausea and loathing.
Acting upon my suggestions, Mrs.
-angstroth took a teaspoonful OF I
ure honey, out of the comb, at
east every hour when she was not {
Isleep. She had not taken it long
before it was evidently helping her. ;
Her worst symptoms began gradu-
lily to disappear, and in about a
ear she had regained her usual
Weight. Although she did not con
inue to use it as frequently as at
irst, at no time, if she entirely left
t of, did the bad symptoms fail to
eturn. This confirmed US in the ,
,eiiet that the honey had been the
.hier agent in her improved health. 1
Very far be it from me to pre-
assert that have
ound q panacea for consumption.
although IN Mrs. LIS case it proved
a be So highly etficacious / be- I
ieve that by its use Mrs. l., who
lad lost mother and a sister from
his dis, ase, was able for more than
,en years To ward 1t of. She died !.
Il last from a different disease, hav