St. Landry democrat., 1882-03-18
A Cure for Inienpcrance.

A
tains an article by DR.. Napier; an Enshsn nhy,
sician. in which he sets forth the cohNlcti9in
that he has discovered a simple ana certal.
remedy for the thirst OF alconGnc fnnd and
living solely upon vegetable pfodur,s, mn
particularly farnaceOHs (nealy) ana amy Id
ceous tstarrty) substances. e,u. oh+.i,ed the
DIR. Napier states that he first ohIalneu tiio
hint from DR.. Leibigs well-known trea1lse on
Animal chemistry. in which 1t Is s;llu ith va,
most people find that they can rake WHY m NM
animal food but not with farinaceous or amy
laceous food Finding this to- accord wl.n VII,
his own experience and that Of other members per,
of his family, DR.. Napier conceived tAe i'r" nrl
that drunkenness might he cured ny an eA-
elusive diet of the latter kinds OF 1000 anu iio
proceeded to try the experiment. ,,;o, tho
He details twenty-seven cases III Wiilcn tne
attempt was made, embracing persons III near near
ly all classes of English society, and IN various
stages of addiction to the Intoxicating cup. a
complete cure was effected in every case III
periods varying from few weeks to Twelve
months.
The reason given for this effect OF Vegeta-
rian diet is briefly as follows: "The carnona-
ceous starch contained in the nlacarohl' peahS'
or cleaSinous aliment. appears to render tlnhe e
cessary, and consequently repulslFe, cafpoh III
alcoholic form " e .:
DR.. Napier gives the following list of art1-
cles of food which lie has found pre-eniheht Ill
their antagonism to alcohol:
"1st Macaroni, which, when boiled ana
favored with butter, is paatable ana very
substantial believe no person can be "a
drunkard who eats a half pound day OF mac
arOni thus prepared.
I'd. Haricot beans [kidney-beans and green
dried peas and lentils stand next. IheN
should be soaked for twenty four hours; Wen
boiled. with onions, celery, and other herps,
and plenty of butter or oil Rice is nsetul' pu,
less important than macaroni or peas ana
beans The various garden vegetables are
helpful, but a diet mainly composed OF IheLi
would not resist alcoholic drinking so effectu-
allv as one of macaroni and farinace0us food.
I'D, Highly glutinous bread is of great use
from this point of view it should not pc
sour, for o,lr bread has the tendency to en-
courage alcoholic drinking. Bread that Is I'M
perfectly fermented, and liable to become sour,
! is in very common use, and, in my oplnlon
greatly contributes to foster intemperance. az as
also the use of meat of the second or third
quality. The use of salted foods tends to pro-
| mote intemperance, while regular hearty
meals of fresh. wholesome, glutinous food, tehd
| to discourage it."
coarsely ground. Many prerer it whole. we'll
boiled. since when cracked or ground 1t soon
| loses something of its finest f1avor.) In elther
| form wheat retains all its gluton ana phos-
phates. which are it's most valuable ingredients,
and both of which are largely wasted ny tne
process of boting in the manufacture OF houf
If by such simple means as the above the IN,
which even in these hard time costs the peo-
pie of our country the enormous amount or SIX
hundred million OF dollars annually, tenongh
| to buy two barrels of -four for every man, Wo-
man and child in the land Dean he cured. the
fact is one of the utmost Importance. And 1t
NAV be readily put to the test in every family
suffering from this scourge. Macaroni.
though an italian product. is abundant and
cheap in all orlr cities; and if not attalnable
everywhere, its equivalent is. since 1t conslsts
of little else than paste made Of wheat hour ,ir
moulded into tubular strings and dried. The
peculiar shape of the article is OF small conse-
quence .ou ,,a,-,+io,,s
relative to the general advantages of vegefa-
riansm. which for the most part are equally
applicable in this country as in England: