The Portland daily press., 1883-11-07
FACTS OBTAINED

at the Free Hospital of 30 beds for IN fants
and Women with Chronic Diseases, Sup.
ported by the Murdoch Liquid Food Co.,
Boston, Confirm the 7-YeRrs' Investiga-
items of DIR. Orally Hewitt, which He
Gave i'm the Opening Address at the Re-
cent Meeting of the British Medical Asso-
citation.
"Chronic Starvation and Delicate Females" he
says, "for the last6 to years 1 have tested by
carefully inquirng 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. have TO state the import
ant conclusion tnat co9tlnuoqs m9suincieney OF
more less intense in different cases, found to
have existed almost universally. Consequently
have naturally been led to consider chronic starva
ton as a most important factor in disease. .
at is generally admitted, by authorities the
subject of Diet that nitrogen is the most essential
of all foods, and that certain amount should be
taken daily. 1t appears that the Elimination in
quantity of food NEST frequently affects the nitro
gen. Meat Is the article OF diet which, as rule is
of nitrogen for in England, at all events, meat is
the popular article of food and in of chronic
starvation, we mostly find the quantity of meat
taken is exceedingly SMALL
Murdoclk's Liquid Food is the only raw
food known, and IL highly condensed aud
soluble matter where common feod does not
contain 4 per cent. that is available, IL can
be retained by the stomach when so weak
as 10 refuse water.
We quote from our Hospital re-
ports of cases such as DE. HeWeft
mentions.
Our ladies are known by letters as each bed is let
tered. Mrs. X. treated out of the hospital she
being reduced from typhoid fever which left her
in relapse that her life despaired of by all the
physicians who held consultations her case. She
was unable to take 90 10 or drops of LIQUID
Food, but did retain drops every hour In little
milk for 10 days. then had SO far recovered as to
enable her to come down stairs and is gaining dali
~, and able to sit up all day-all accomplished in
less than three weeks.
What produces relapse in fever cases, Prof. R.
Demmie, 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 hall their number"
We all k1,oso that person in q reIapse can talk
and ttnk aoRtch IS labor. 1t is also fact that the
brain consumes onefth of all the blood, and it is
SO many having relapse in fever. and so few
eripg from it.
M1rdock's Liquid Food, given in fever, prevents a
relapse, it makes blood faster than ali prepare
tons known, and supplies the wastes that the dis
ease makes.
Mrs. N has been suffering from uterine troubles
for year; no appetite; lost many pounds; no men
for four months. In less than thirty DAYS she
covered her appetite, also menses and had gained
seven pounds, and is now able to return and take
care of her family.
Mrs. o. for 4 to months was unable to retain
any food except A to ounces of milk daily, with
lime water; her weight reduced one year 90
pounds; suffering from many complaints, she was
obliged tn take morphine daily in Increasing quant
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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