The Portland daily press., 1883-11-28
FINANCIAL.
FACTS OBTAINED

at tas Free Hospital OF 70 beds fns Hnf a-.s-
and Weszsen with Chronic Diseases, Sup
ported by the Murdoch Liquid Food Co.,
boston, Confirm the 5-Years, InvessSxa.
tons of DIR. Orally Hewitt, which He
Gave in the Opening Adai ess at the Re-
cent Meeting of the British w edic al Asso-
citation.
"Chronic Starvation and Delicate Females, he
says "for the last to years have tested BY
carefully inquring into the past history of patients
mostly suffering from some uterine or ovarian
disease, or some affection incidental to childbed,
and these conclusions have stood the test of this
long extended inquiry. Ihave to state the import
ant conclusion that continuous insuficiency of
foou, or what may be called chronic starvation
more or less Intense in different cases. found to
have existed almost universally. Consequently /
have naturally been led to consider chronic starva
ton as most important factor in disease.
IT is generally admitted, by authorities on the
subject OF Diet that nitrogen is the most essential
of all foods, and that certain amount should be
taken daily: It appears that the elimination in
quantity of food most frequently affects the nitro
gen. Meat Is the article of diet which, as rule is
the source of the greater part of the needed amount
Of nitrogen for in England. at all events, is
the popular article of food and in of chronic
starvation, we mostly find the quantity of meat
taken is exceedingly small"
Mnrdock,s liquid Food is the only raw
food known, and is highly condensed aud
free of insaIubie matter. Warranted 1856
soluble matter where conamoa food does NOT
contain per cent. that is available, Ii cam
be retained by the stomach when so weak
ms to refuse water.
We quote from our Hospital re-
ports of cases such as Dr. Heweft
mentions.
Our ladies known by letters as each bed is let
tered. Mrs. K. treated ont of the gha
being so reduced from typhoid fever which left her
in relapse, that Der life despared of by all the
physicians who held consultations on her case. She
was unable to take 20, 10 or drops of Liquid
Food but did retain drops every hour in a little
milk for 10 days. then had SO far recovered as to
enable her to down stairs and is gaining dali
~, and able to sit up all day-al accomplished in
less than three weeks.
What produces relapse In fever cases. Prof. r.
Demme, in his investigations, found that the red
corpuscles are greatly reduced even in the first
twelve to fortyeight hours of fever in some cases
equal to one half their NUMBER
We all k'soao that person IN relapse can talk
and think achich is labor 1t is also fact that the
brain consumes one-fth of all the blood. and it is
only onefortieth of the body showing the cause of
SO many having relapse in fever, and few recov-
ering from it.
Mnrdock's Liquid Food, given in fever. prevents
RELAPSE. as it makes blood faster than all
ease makes.
Mrs. N. has been suffering from uterine troubles
for year; no appetite; lost many pounds; no mon
ses for four MONTHS In less than thirty DAYS she re-
covered her appetite, also menses, and had gained
seven pounds, and is now able to return and take
care of her family.
Mrs. 0. for to months was unable to retain
any food except to ounces of milk daily with
lime water; her weight reduced In one year IS
pounds; suffering from many. complaints she was
Obliged t. take morphine daily in increasing ouanti-
ties; she has been in the Hospital months has
taken no morphine and after the first week able to
retain common food, and has gained seven pounds
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