Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-12-24
CHILDRENsO DISEASES.
Those who Have Croup and Diphtheria
arc Generally Excessive EGg Eaters.

Of AeAto IN de8ltn S0u nome.
Until two months since had never seen well
marked case OF membraneous Group arising in any
child who was not an habitual egg eater or
course anything which win give an excess OF
fbrin In the body may produce this disease
| have known miltitudes OF instances where SPAS
modic Group was caused directly from the hearty
supper Of crackers and milk, and cold feet on
going to bed. And have known children who
were fed upon daily diet Of milk and potatoes
| who were constantly subject TO spasmodic Group,
but have never known OF child who was fed on
oatmeal mush, or cornmeal muSh, or cruel for
supper who was subject to Group.
Does milk and crackers cause croupf Certainly
NOT But the milk In excess predisposed the body
attack. In the case OF the oatmeal or cOrnmeal
eater the subject was not predisposed toward
The common mind and the average mother
Imagine that Group comes from cold. But this is
only half true Millions OF children have q cold,
Let us make this clear. A child OF years ex.
cretes from the bowels say 60 make 1t round num-
ounces; from the skin dnsensihle persplration),
eight ounces Not counting the solid matter ex-
creted or thrown ON through the lungs, here Is
drunk by the 5yearOld Child daily. Indeed, II the
child Is growing rapidly he must eat and drink
ap0ns tMo ana mar pounds to cover the Increase
r1ed-that is, II the child is fed upon SOUP mush
and milk, ripe fruit and a reasonable amount OF
gruels-t Is safe to assert that 1t never will and
never can have spasmodic or membraneOus Group,
no matter how many colds 1t may catch. But sup
pose the child is fed upon daily diet OF eggs.
Eggs are composed principally OF albumen Af6u-
men in excess is capable OF forming the excess OF
nbr1n In the body of the child. In this condition
the child takes cold the insensible perspfratiOn is
retained in the body the fbrn settles or is depos-
tied In the cells OF the lungs the larynx and the
these cells from the cold, and, In fact the sudden
contraction OF the entire breathing apparatus is
ane Of Group or II tine child has
is In excess, and this abumen settling on the cells
OF the lungs produces case OF true Group. OR, to
and one-half pounds food and excretes two and
one-fourth pounds OF material daily. Let us sup
pose that the child's food is composed principally
the tnsenSble perSpiratOn is clOgged, this excess
OF albumen is thrown in upon the lungs, liver and
OF passing out through the skin. It is evident
that half a pound or extra material must
be daily thrown out or retained. II the
has two pounds of dead matter dnsensible per-
spiration in its body, and long as the cold con-
tinues the insensibie perspiratiOn accumulates.
lungs is SUFFICIENT to make fetid breath and ac-
celerate the pulse. When this insensible perspi-
ration is combined with clogged, starchy or
albumOuS condition OF the blood we can readily
see that a fever may ensue; the liver is engOrged
and the kidneys overloaded. In this condition we
look at the quality Of the food which the child
the lungs, liver and kidneys throw 1t OF with
tolera9le ease. But If the food has been In
excessive amounts OF albumen, caSetn or
starch the excess cannot be changed by
the internal economy, and the deposited excuses
in the cellular tissues OF the lungs cause the
starchy, as Of po1atods, the excess Of starch is
thrown out upon the mucous lining OF the throat,
and the doctor, upon examination, pronounces the
case diphtherta. Do potatoes, Them cause diph-
liberia? Not at all. But mark you this fact, as
long as diphtheria, disease, has been known TO
the medical world just SO long is it recorded that
shareholders had the diphtheria Even as far back
as four hundred years before Christ the Egyptian
throat disease was known and recorded, and 1t
does not require any stretch OF the imagination to
place the throat disease and barley bread eaters in
the same class. We can also find cOrrObOrative
evidence In modern life, as only few years have
elapsed since 100000 barey-bread eaters died
around Odessa from malignant form of diphtheria.
Excuses OF any Kind OF food are greatly detri-
child, But when those excuses are OF certain
classes OF food which are absolutely indigeStible
and which are given to the exclusion OF proper
food, the matter becomes almost criminal Thus
In the case OF children under years OF age, pOta
tatOeS are absolutely destructive to the healthy
condition OF the child One OF the reasons for this
fact is because the liver OF child Is much larger
in proportion to its Size than grown persons
liver, and 1t has not the capability or digeStlng
the starch. 1t is asserted that child who is fed
on potatoes in excess never can have good teeth,
there being no change from starch into bone or
ivory, While the child fed on nuts or soups, oat-
meal or cOrnmeal, has always good teeth.
At the present writing there is a large amount
Of diphtheretc Group $50 called in different local.
tiles Of the country and In some places this form
OF disease is specially fatal. Now / venture to
assert that in every case these children are ex-
cesSive egg or potato eaters, OF continuous milk
under the influence OF this class OF food, or when
the body is built up Of these foods is the very
dition most favorable for these diseases to become
specially fatal.
Perhaps word may be added as to the great
prevalence OF that very common disease catarrh.
II q person is a daily user or potatoes the body
hal
an excess OF starch In this condition the person
eats more potatoes and has a stn further excess
OF starch. He or she Overf1owS with starch, and
coming through the throat or nose he calls it
catarrh. To cure this catarrhal condition is very
easy. Stop eating the potatoes and drink glass
Of warm lemonade every night