Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-21

he had an opportunity to prove some Of
the results OF the grape cure by personal
experience.
ARRIVING in Cadiz,' he continues. sat
ter long voyage and the monet0noiIs
diet Of sailing ship, and my system be-
ing considerably below par, ] determined
10 try Tor time a diet consisting almost
exclusively of grapes, which at the time
were plentiful ID the sherry region OF
Andalusla. The result was rapid re-es-
taDlshment OF all the bodily functions
with sense of well being and 4 feeling
OF more than ordinary strength and agili-
". Here, however, arose a difficulty in
distinguishing the results Of the effect OF
the grapes from the results OF the regi-
men, the other dietetic adjuncts OF the
cure. and the change of surroundings. N-s
"But We adyOef$es of the grape cure
haviAe mace satisfactory observations on
the action Of grapes, independently of the
dletet6e aud hygiene aQjuncts of the
cure, and having studied the grapes
chemically asewell ms clinically, l was
prompted. while In San Francisco, to re-
sort 10 the grape cure for the second time
ana UNDER scireums stances almost analo-
gous to those detailed in the instance.
The result being highly satisfactory, /
recommended the cure TO several other
persons who were much run down from
overwork and bad diet, and I soon had
the satisfaction to see a rapid gain both in
their weight and appetite. The quantity
OF grapes that one may eat with impunI-
ty is something astonishing. Most per-
sons at the European uYal stations con-
some from three to six kilos daily. |
have, however, greatly exceeded this
quantity While sOjQurning on a Califor-
MA grape ranch. Grapes constitute a
perfecb nIIafimenta which encloses in re-
markabla proportions the nitrogenous, al
bumlnoid, and respiratory principles in
dispensable to good alimentatlon; and
the grape cure is an essentially aimen-
tary regimen in which the principles Of a
vegetable nature predominant over those
OF an animal nature. Doubtless the
knowledge of the alimentary properties
Of grapes derived from the fact that GER
tam migratory birds fatten on them. and
that the flesh of young foxes after grape
| diet becomes palatable, may have had
more to do with the employment of grapes
as medicament than any knowledge de-
| duced from their chemical study. Ac-
cording to the analysis of Henry and
/ CheVallier, striking analogy exists be-
/ tween the juice of grape and wOman's
/ milk. At certain of the uval sta
tions in Germany patients are recon-
mended to drink two or three glasses of
/ the freshly expressed juice; and they are
also provided with baths for persons who
want to be plunged into the mash Of the
grapes while il is in state OF fermenta-
ton. These baths, much in vogue at some
of the stations, are highly recommended
against rheumatic pains. But it
Is in certain neuroses, especially those in
which there is great psychical depres-
sion, as hypOchOndria, melanchOlia and
| hysteria, or in nervous states less cere-
bral than abdominal, that the virtues Of
the grape cure are brilliantly demon
strated."
The writer quotes cure in his own
practice where a victim Of the bromide
habit by the use of grapes was entirely
cured.