Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1882-11-03
MIR as n Curative Agent.

IL had to choose milk for o delicate
Invalid, there are many things / should
want TO know which In all probability
the "honest' dairyman would deem i'm.
pertinent. Let me couch my queries in
the politest language am master of. /
would want to know how tho COW was
housed and fed, and even bedded, and
how often she was MIXED; and | would
like also to see her ladyship, 30 that 1
might guess about her age and condition.
But here is something that the dairyman
has nothing to do with. He may deliver
the milk at the door in the hands ofyor
immaculate maid, both rich and pure and
sweet, and not half an hour drawn from
the COW. The milkman may look 1ike q
duke in disguise, both the pail and the
measure may seem made Of FURNISHED
silver, and the former may apparently
have hinges of gold; but having received
1t, where does your servant place itp In
scullery or larderp Surely not. II she
does 80, hint to her that milk has the
power TO absorb obnoxious gases and
eilluvia from the air around 1t, and do
not yourself forget that the purest but
ter that ever was made may become
tainted and poisoned in one short hour
by Objectionable surroundings.
Comes now the question of the digesti-
bility of milk.
A glance at table Of the composition
of cows, asses and goats milk would
naturally convey the impression that that
of the goat is the richest. This is so,
but it is on that account the more diff
cult Of assimilation. 1t can not, there
fore, be recommended for the very deli
cate, but it is grand adjunct to the diet
of those who are just beginning to regain
strength after long, severe illnesses. A
residence at the seaside to induce a
healthy appetite, and q diet consisting
largely of goats milk, would restore
many convalescent far more speedily
to health without the aid of drugs than
anything I know Of
A course Of goats milk may often be
taken with advantage in the autumn by
those who suffer much from cold during
the winter months, but who do not care
to take cod-liver oil. The extract of
malt would go well with it as tonic ad-
junct. The milk ought to be taken on
the principle of little and often, not
drunk wholesale.
ASS milk contains larger proportion
of water, more lactine, and less oil and
casein. This is the reason it is so easily
assimilated, and is SO often prescribed
by the physician for patients who have
delicate digestions. 1t is possible that
1t may be of somewhat too laxative
nature for some, but this is easily cor
rected.
Cows milk most invalids can take. II
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junction with little aerated water; and
in cases where it has n tendency to turn
sour or disagree with the stomach, it
should be mixed with a little lime-water.
1t should be remembered, however, that
lime-water must not be taken for any
length of time without intermission, or
evil results may follow. Cream, il
taken fresh in the morning, and if it can
be well borne-which it usually can-is
an excellent tonic and restorative. II
should be taken with breakfast, and the
more fresh it is, and the more good and
pure the milk from which it has been
taken, the better will be the result. The
cream of goats milk is probably better
| than even that of the COW.
Skim milk is very nutritious, but oi
course, being deprived of large pro
F, portion of cream, it is not calculated tc
sustain the animal heat so well.
1t is not every invalid who can take
buttermilk, but it has, nevertheless
much to recommend it as cooling nu
tritive summer drink. might almost
claim for it tonic properties; however
there is no doubt that taken an hour o.
two before any of the ordinary meals Of
the day, when feeling of emptines!
and fatigue is experienced, it is of grea
service. The delicate should have it a!
fresh as possible.
Milk, talking physiologically, is de
mulcent, and therefore of great service il
many cases of cough and lung irritation
as well as in dyspepsia. l need hardl,
say word about the virtue of milk as
medicine for those suffering from con
sumption. In this case it ought to b.
drunk warm from the COW; it is certain
then to be unadulterated. Too much O
it can hardly be taken, SO long as
agrees.
In all kinds of internal irritabilties
even in dysentery itself, milk is invalu
able, and the emollient effects of mill
warm from the COW are well marked il
cases of chronic or winter cough
PhySician, IN, Hdrper'S 'Weekly.