Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-27
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.
Treatmsn, Of Diabetes.

the New York Journal Of Commerce.
NEW YORK, April 90, 1880.
Editor of the Journal Of Commerce
A gentleman in the South writes me
his wife having suffered for the past
two years with diabetes, and having
had various doctors without success,
desires to procure a recipe he says was
published in one OF the New York daily
papers by the proprietor OF the Windsor
hotel, who was cured in Paris, France.
II you know of this recipe, will you
kindly publish it2 III. NJ.
For the benefit of the good lady at
tho South, We reply that the most ex-
cellent gentleman, since deceased, who
published the remedy, did 80 from mo-
tives of pure benevolence. 1t was not
"recipe," but bill of fare, the only
cure for diabetes being q prompt and
thorough change of diet. All starchy
focd must be wholly avoided. Oysters
aud clans may be eaten raw or cooked,
without flour. ALI soups in which
there is no -four, rico, vermicelli, or
any OF the prohibited vegetables. Fish
of all kinds and meats OF all kinds
exeeptliver. Beef and mutton arc best,
but tripe, ham, tongue, bacon and
sausages are safe for those who like
them. Poultry and game OF oil kinds,
but no sweet iellies or sauces with
them. Salads, including lettuce, Gu
cumbers, water crosses and cabbage.
Celery, asparagus and tomatoes arc
sather to be avoided.
Potatoes, beats, carrots, turnips,
parsnips, peas, beans and rice arc abso.
lutely prohibited and must in no case
be touched.
Cauliilower, spinach, cabbage and
string beans are recommended. Sour
apples, cut in quarters, dipped in beat
en- eggs, rolled in cooked gluten, and
fried in very hot fat, make n good sub.
stitute fer potatoes.
All kinds of tart fruit, especially
peaches and strawberries with cream,
but no sugar, may be freely eaten.
Milk in moderation, cream, butter,
buttermilk, and all kinds of fresh
cheese, especially Neuchatel, are to be
eaten.
Positively no sweet cake, no bread
from ordinary flour, and nothing that
contains sugar or starch. The gluten
-four from which starch Is wholly ex-
cluded may be purchased for twenty.
five cents n pound, and from it bread,
rolls, pancakes, fritters, mushes and
puddings-without sugar or molasses-
may be made and freely eaten. No
pastry should be touched unless made
from the gluten -four.
Nuts are allowed, and eggs in any
quantity and shape ale highly recon-
mended.
Coffee and cocoa with cream-glycer-
inc il liked, but no sugar-may be
drank in moderation. Tea is not as
desirable. No spirits or malt liquor,
nor sweet wines.
Eat slowly. drink chiefly at the end
Of the meal, and not much between
meals; take cold or tepid baths in the
morning. and exercise afterward, and
stick 10 the diet the year round.
We know lady who was suffering
from diabetes, with an intolerable
thirst, night and day, that nothing
would alleviate. She had an interview,
over year since. with O. O. Waite, of
the Windsor hotel, who himself adopted
this regimen after consulting tho best
physicians in Europe, and she followed
his example Her disease was ct once
arrested, her thirst wholly relieved,
and she enjoys very comfortable health.
which fully pays her for the self denial
at the table.