The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-12-12

M the Free Hospital OF 40 beds for d anfs
and Women will, Chronic Diseases, Sup
ported by she Murdoch Liquid Food Co.,
BOsto Confirm the 7-Ysars' Tnvesiiga-
sions # Dr. Orally Hewitt, Which He
Gave in the Opening Address at the Re-
cent Meeting of the British Medical Asso-
citation.
sChronic Starvation and Delicate Females" he
says "for the last to years 1 have tested by
carefully inquiring into the past history of PATIENTS
mostly suffering from some uterine or ovarian
disease, or some afliction incidental to childbed,
and these conclusions have stood the test of this
long extended inquiry. have to state the import
ant conclusion that a continuous insutfciency of
food, or what may be called chronic starvation
more less Intense in different cases. found to
have existed almost universally. Consequently l
have naturally been led to consider chronic starva-
ton as most important factor in disease
at is generally admitted, by authorities on the
subject of Diet that nitrogen is the most essential
sof all foods and that certain amount should be
taken daily. 1t 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 of the greater part of the needed amount
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 is highly condensed aud
free of insaluble MATER. Warranted rs So
soluble matter where eomm0s food does not
contain per cent. that is available, it can
be retained by the stomach when 20 weak
as 90 refuse water.
We quote from our Hospital re-
ports of eases such as DIR. Heyyett
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 despared of by all the
physicians who held consultations her case. She
was unable to take 20, 10 or drops of LIQUID
Food, but did retain drops every hour in little
milk for 10 dtys, then had far recovered as to
enable her to come down stairs, and is gaining dali
y 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
corpuseles are greatly reduced even in the first
twelve to fortyeight hours of fever in some cases
equal to enc halt their number"
We all knoac that person in q relapse can talk
and think aobich is labor. 1t is also fact that the
brain consumes one-ifth of all the blood and it is
only one fortieth of the body. showing the cause of
SO many having relapse in fever and SO few
eriDg from it.
M1rdock's Liquid Food, given in fever. prevents a
relapse it makes blood faster than all prepare
tions 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 able to return and take
I care of her family.
| Mrs o. for 4 to months was unable to retain
any food except to ounces of milk daily, with
| lime water; her weight reduced year 90
pounds; suffering from many complaints, she was
obliged t. take morphine daily in increasing quanti
4 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
| since; gaining one pound per week.
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