Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-17
THE GRAPE CURE.
The Nedicinal Properties OF the Lus.
cious Fruit-Strength Restored to Per.
sons Ran Down by OverwOrk.

sons Ran Down by Overwerk.
DIR. Irving C. Rose, of this city, In the last
issue OF "The Medical Record" has an interest
ing article on "The grape as q food and medi.
cine" He states that the grape cure Is thera-
peuttc means that seems to be very
little known, not only in the United
States, but among English speaking peo-
pie generally. The attention of the writer
having been called to the subject he had an
opportunity to prove some Of the results Of the
grape cure by personal experience. ARRIVING
in Cadiz," he continues, "after a long voyage
and the monotonous diet of sailing ship, and
termined to try. for q time q diet consisting
almost exclusively of grapes which at the time
iusia. The result was rapid resestabiishment
Of all the bodily functions with q sense of well
being and q feeling Of more than ordinary
difiiculty in distinguishing the results OF the
effect of the grapes from the results of the
regimen, the other dietetic adjuncts Of the
But the advocates Of the grape cure having
made satisfactory observations on the action
OF grapes, independently of the dietetic and
studied the grapes chemically as well as clint
caily, was prompted, while in San Francisco,
to resort to the grape cure for the second time
and under circumstances almost analogous to
those detailed in the first instance. The result
being highly satisfactory, I recommended the
cufe 10 several OtQer persons VINO were much
run down from overwork and bad diet, and /
soon had the satisfaction to see O rapid gain
both In their weight and appetite. The guam
tity OF grapes that one may eat with i'm.
punity Is something astonishing. Most
persons at the European uval stations
consume from three to six kilos daily.
have, however, greatly exceeded this quantity
while sojourning on a California grape rancho.
Grapes constitute a perfect nutriment which en-
closes In remarkable proportions the nitroge-
nous, albuminoid, and respiratory principles
indispensable to good Authorization: and the
grape cure Is an essentially alimentary regi-
men In which the principles of a vegetable ma
ture predOminate over those of an animal
nature. Doubtless the knowledge of the ali
mentary properties of grapes derived from the
fact that certain migratory birds fatten on
grape diet becomes palatabie, may have had
more to do with the employment of grapes as a
medicament than any knowledge deduced
from their chemical study. According
to the analysis of Henry and Chevallier,
q striking analogy exists between the
juice OF grape and woman's milk. - =
At certain Of the uval stations in Ger
many patients are recommended to drink two
or three glasses OF the freshly expressed Juice;
sons who want to be plunged into the mash of
the grapes while 1T is in state of fermentation.
These baths much in vogue at some of the sta
tons, are highly recommended against rheu-
matte pains. But it Is in certain neu-
roses, especially those in which there is great
psychical depression, as hypochondria meian-
cholia and hysteria, or in nervous states less
grape case are brilliantly demonstrated" The
writer quotes cure In his own practice where a
victim of the bromide habit by the use of grapes
was entirely cured.