Wichita eagle., 1888-08-04
ICE CREAM AND FRUIT.
AN OLD DOCTORS ADVICE WORTH
BEARING IN MIND.

a Warning to People Who Are in the
Habit of Abusing Their Digestive Ap-
paratus During the Hot Sesson-Warn-
ing Words.
''There is no more prolific cause of hot,
fetid breath than ice cream" said a popular
physician the other day.
SHOW so.n
"Well, it has been shown to a certainty
that dish of ice cream taken after a meal
or lunch will retard digestion at least two
hours, and where the digestive organs are
not in first rate order it may do even worse
than this. We know well that digestion does
not take place in temperature of less than
100 degs; or, in other words, whatever is
taken into the stomach must become heated
up to 100 degs Fabrenhei6 before it begins
to be digested. Whenever the temperature
falls below this digestion is at once sus-
pended, and fermentation takes place"
"Why do physicians prescribe it for some
dyspepticsr'
Because it suits some of them Where
there is feverish condition of the stomach
a small plate of ice cream will not only
prove refreshing but relieve that disagree
able gnawing sensation that accompanies
this form of dyspepsia. 1t must not be taken
Immediately before or after q meal, but
when the stomach is entirely free of food,
and no cake or other solids should be eaten
with it."
GLOW about ice cream and Strawberries"
''They form a strong combination, too
strong for delicate stomachs. The berries
alone are about all in the way of an acid that
the average stomach can bear, SO that it is
putting it rather strong to add milk and corn
starch. Some persons cannot eat strawberries
at all without suffering from irritability Of
the stomach afterwards. The acid which
they contain is the same as that in sOrrel and
other wild growths that make their appear
ance early in the spring, which seems to be
provision of nature for cleaning the system
of the accretions of the winter You notice
that the strawberry season is quite short.
although much longer than before the fruit
became profitable. 1t is followed by other
fruits, all more or less tart, but growing
sweeter as the weather grows hotter, wind
ing up with sweet pears, which are especially
rich in sugar"
''Are we to infer from this that lemons and
other acid fruits should not be used except in
countries where they naturally belong"
''Some good authorities say that fruits
should only be eaten in season and in the lati-
tudes where they grow. For my part l do
not know whether there is danger of bad re-
suits from judicious use Of fruits out OF
season; however, l am inclined to think that
schedule is tho best, and that We
will at least be as well off, and probably bet
ter. if we are governed by it.
You knew DR. LIE Moyne, Of Washington
Well, he never allowed his folks to preserve
fruits or anything that had to be sealed up,
or boiled in sugar to preserve it. He said
such things were designed to be eaten at
certain time, and if they were suitable for
other times they would keep without having
to suspend the laws of nature to prevent de-
cay Potatoes, apples, turnips and the like
were, in his opinion, suitable for all seasons,
because they could be kept all the year
round"
Then you would advise people to go slow
on ice cream?'
ayes. Of course each individual must
Judge for himself as to the general effect If
headaches follow, with clamminess. sour
taste, or feeling as if the mouth had been
u.
berries out, and if any of these symptoms
then drop the ice cream. What
was said about its effect on the digestion Of
food applies to all classes. The delicate viii
experience the bad effects sooner than those
who are strong, but even the strongest will |
feel it in time. In my Judgment no other |
cause has been more prolific OF disordered
digestion than this, and | know Of no other
that will produce saliow COM
ole1ion, yellow teeth, dark rings around the
ives, headaches, foul breath, and loss Of appa-
lite more promptly and more certainly thaa /
Just this same delicious ice cream"
SIS there no way in which 1t may be eaten .
With safetyF
"Xes: YOU can take the antidote with the 1
POISON. II / were to prescribe or suggest ice
,ream TO either well or sick would insist on !
hem drinking a portion OF cup Of hot
,ofee or tea before beginning the cream and
ne remainder at intervals. and finish with .
It least a half c,p as hot as it could be
frank. In this way the Ill effect of the cold
would be counteracted
But it is the cooling effects that We are
most anxious TO get"
THAT is merely sensation In the mouth
md upper portion of the throat, extending
10 farther than the nerves OF taste. Besides
hat, instead Of cooling the body it increases
he heat Nature has to raise that cold mass
# stuff 70 the average temperature OF the
,ody SIS quickly as possible in order to pre-
-ent q painful state Of affairs, and to that
nd she calls large quantities OF blood 20 tbs
Endangered organ This dissuros the who4e
machine, 50 that it soon gets into perfect
Juror During this period chill, exposure,
" a shock would probably end IN spsa OF
icsnesss
s'Wh ca. about ice water 6 cooling bever-
ger
1T is a snare and q delusson- A glassful
4 il Is Just as bad as 8 plate OF ice cream
AIKEN after q meal, because the digestive
lrooeSs has TO be suspended until the ten
sarature Of the stomach has been raised 70
ne proper pitch Cool water is always more
Elective N ailayiur thirS. than ice cold
water The latter NAV increaso the thSrs.,