The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-28

iesious discover quickly. Just as snow
oalllng causes the hands. first to feel
cold. and then to glow with heat if con-
tlnued SO the constant application, of
an ICED duid to the fauces, at first grate-
1ul, becomes a source of intense discom-
fort; for the blood vessels are first con-
tracted and ultimately paralyzed, and
then the fauces glow with warm blood,
IKE the skin OF a snowballer's hands.
Iced fluids are not desirable fo- dy-
specifics, to say the least of it. Ordin-
arllly at dinner, the ice pudding is fol-
lowed by glass of liquor-''to correct
1t. a certain temperature is requisite
for digestion, and too much cold is I'M
desirable. ft-I
So, too. the stomach is acid after a
meal for the gastric digestion is acid;
therefore, alkaline waters are contra
Indicated at meal times They should
be taken before meals, properly. when
the stomach is alkaline. The milder eff
f9rvesclng waters are comparatively
unobjeclonable.
AS to alcohol beverages. they are good
or harmful according to the use made
of them. AS to the mischievousness of
alcoholic indulgences, all, 1.-The total alb
stainer, and his less rigid brothers and
ssters, are agreed 1t is bad physically.
intellectually and morally
But what would be decided excess in
one person is not excess" in another
There are times of debility when gen.
erous wine may be freely drunk not
only without injury, but with benefit
but the desire for them passes away as
the Indications for them disappear. Ut
is not forgotten that careless medical
institutions to drink wine freely, have
led to sorrowful results: nor that a
patient may interpret medical instruc.
tons literally. so as to make an excuse
for alcoholic indulgence.) So long as
| alcoholic drinks improve the appetite,
do not heat the patient, and do not dis
| turb the tongue, It is impossible to say
they are doing harm; aud it is certain
they are doing good and agreeing.
Remembering, then, that he Is using
an edged toop' that may cut both
ways, and in full consciousness of what
he is doing, the medical man may or
der alcoholic beverages.
And now will say what personal
ly think dogmatism would be i'm
proper. aa
Malt liquors are scarcely suited to the
dyspeptic; and little sound bitter ale
alone of the series my be permitted to
the sufferer from indigestion.
But for the dyspeptic no rule "abso-
lutte" can be laid down in beverages any
more than in food. Each case requires
its own regimen all through. Many
cases of dyspepsia. especially when
there is morning sickness, some catarrh,
excessive fatulence, foul tongue, and
wholly and solely; and no reliance,
whatever, can be placed on the word,
statement. affirmation, or assertion cor
roborated by solemn oaths of drunk
ard; for "a drunkard is liarl !"
| And this holds good of both sexes,
and all ages; everywhere and ever.
Moderation in food, especially album
mold; little, properly digested, is
more nutritive that a feast, none of
which is properly or completely digest
ed. -@
Moderation. in driHks, especially alco-
holic; the ria media, neither total abb
| stinence nor excess.
These are two grand rules to be OBJ
served.
Whey, when it can be procured fresh,
or skim med milk, is a splendid bever
age for dyspeptics. There is quantity
OF nutritiye sugar of milk in it, while 1t |
contains all the salts of milk.
This leads up to a matter not alto |
gether unimportant, yet rarely remem-
bered; it is this-sugar is very easily |
digested hydrocarbon. -uool
Though it disagrees with many, with
most dyspeptics it can be taken in
greater or less quantity, in their tea or
coffee
Finally, tea and coffee are more or
less Objectionable and disturbing to dy-
specifics.
Cocoa, not too full of fat, but thin, is
better; or glass of milk; or the tum-
blerful of syrup of the continent, for
breakfast.
The cup of tea before getting up is
utterly uncalled for, and unmitigatedly
bad; and the cup of strong tea or coffee
after dinner should be avoided scrupu-
lousy.
The incubus OF fashion and conven-
tionality is heavy burden for most
dyspeptics. They should not even battle
before breakfast, if; they have sufficient
strength of mind to brave the structures
of Mrs. Grundy
If they have not, l am sorry for
them; nor do l think the position of
their medical adviser one to be coveted.
Neither the doctor nor the patient has
then a fair field, if their be lack of
o0urape moral 0r Ofher on aithor side