The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-18
A Physician Says IT'S . Better Tonic Than
Malt Preparations.

Malt Preparations.
HseaA long, low, unfinished apart
ment, the rough joists and beams being
simply coated with whitewash. The clear
ash floor was scrubbed to . snowy white
ness. and the few chairs that the room
contained were placed against the wall In
prim sort of way that seemed to indicate
that they had not been displaced In some
time. Along one side of this apartment
were racks upon which were pans Of milk,
tier on tier, nearly to the ceiling MIX
cans Of various sizes stood about and .
long iron sink contained milk bottles that
young maid was busily scaldin9. 1t
was, in fact, the milk room Of . Jersey
dairyman- The young girl informed re-
porter that her father would be In In .
few minutes. He came presently, followed
by two stout farm hands, each bearing
two brimming pals of milk which were
speedily transferred to newly scAlded
bottles. The farmer remarked that those
Attorneys would have to get more corn
meal, because they were invalid cows and
must be well fed Then he noticed the
visitor and nodded good morning.
why are they invalid cOws." asked the
newsman.
"Why, you see, there are q certain class
Of customers who drink lots Of milk sim
ply for medicine. There's lady ON Mad
ison avenue. in New York. that takes
three quarts day, and Pm told she drinks
it all herself. Some Of these people are
regular cranks, and the moment you give
them milk from q new COW, they spot It.
There was little Jersey heifer, years
old, that used 20 give beautiful milk IL
most as golden as the butter that could be
made from 1t, and this 1 furnished to .
cOnsumptive individual on Twenty-third
street. He seemed to thrive on it, and
actually began to gain flesh, though his
physician had assured him that there was
little hope. Well, got chance to sell
the COW, and as she gave SO little milk
did so. My customer was nearly wild
when told him that this accounted for
the change in the milk. He inquired anx-
iOusly as to who purchased and sent post
haste to the man. He was just in time to
prevent the animals becoming beef The
,eifer thus saved from the butchers knife
sas placed in fine stable, fed like .
queen, and the owner had the two or moro
quarts of milk furnished every day for his
own use.
II often drink milk my yself when don't
feel well, and it always does me good.
Nearly every milkman has individual
customers who take milk purely because
they think it strengthens the system"
A prominent city physician subse-
quently seen by the reporter said: Il re-
gard milk as better tonic than most
preparations. 1t helps the impoverished
blood and furnishes nutriment easily
taken by the system The principal parts
of the milk are the olein or oily parts, the
caseine or cheesy portion. and the phos-
pilates Of lime and potash. In butter we
get the olein, in cheese the Olein and ca
seine together, because the caseine, when
the curd forms, holds the olein together.
In cases Of typhoid fever l give milk al
together, and have known many per
son to be brought from deaths door
through its agency.
1t is now a common practice to inject
milk into the blood when it IL tmpOv-
= he'd. That fluid takes it up and appro
iiiates it in some unaccountable way and
peoples lives have been saved in this way.
! drink a glass of milk every night before
going to bed, and have for years.-New
York Mail and Express.