The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-08-10
ICE CREAM AND FRUIT,
AN OLD DOCTORS ADVICE WORTH
BEARING IN MIND.

AN OLD DOCTORS ADVICE WORTH
BEARING IN MIND.
A Warning to People Who Arc In the
Habit of Abusing Their Digestive Ap-
paratus During tho Hot season-Waru-
ing Words.
"Thero is no more prolific cause of hot,
fetid breath than ice cream" said popular
physician the other day.
"How so?"
3'Well, it has been shown to q certainty
that dish of ice cream taken after q 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 we'll that digestion does
not take place in a temperature of less than
100 degs.; or, in other words, whatever is
taken into the stomach must become heated
up to 100 degs Fahrenheit before it begins
to be digested. Whenever tho temperature
falls below this digestion is ut once sus-
pended, and fermentation takes place."
"Why do physicians prescribe it for some
dyspepticsg'
Because it suits some of them. Where
there is a feverish condition of tho stomach
small plate of ice cream will not only
provo refreshing but relieve that disagree
able gnawing sensation that accompanies
this form of dyspepsia. 1t must not be taken
Immediately before or after a meal, but
when tho stomach is entirely free of food,
and no cake or other solids should be eaten
with it."
''How about ice cream and strawberriesa'
''They form strong combination, too
strong for delicate stomachs. Tho berries
alone are about all in the way of an acid that
tho 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 carly in the spring, which seems to be u
provision of nature for cleaning the system
of tho accrctions of the winter. You notice
that tho 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
sweetcr as the weather grows hotter, wind
ing up with sweet pears, which ere especially
rich in sugar."
care we to infer from this that lemons and
other acid fruits should not be used except in
countries where they naturally bclongw
''Some good authorities say that fruits
should only be eaten in season and in the lati-
tudes where they grow. For my part do
not know whether there is danger of bad re-
suits from judicious use of fruits out of
season; however, am inclined to think that
natures schedule is the best, and that VIC
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 wero 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 tho year
round"
"Then you would advise people to go slow
on ice cream?'
eyes OF course each individual must
Judge for himself as to tl1e general effect. If
headaches follow. with clamminess, sour
taste, or feeling as if the mouth had been
scalded, it will be better to leave the straw
berries out, and if any of these symptoms
continue, then drop the ice cream What
was said about its effect on tho digestion of
food applies to all classes The delicate will
experience the bad effects sooner than those
who ore strSng, 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
connection that will produce sallow COM
plexion, yellow teeth, dark rings around the
ewes, headaches, foul breath, and loss Of appe-
tite more promptly and more certainly than
just this same delicious ice cream"
SIS there no way in which it may be eaten
with safetyg'
eyes; you can take the antidote with the
poison II were to prescribe or suggest ice
cream to either we'll or sick would insist on
them drinking a portion of cup of hot
coffee or tea before begihni0g the cream and
the remainder ut intervals, and finish with
at least half cup as hot as it could be
drank In this way the i'll effect of tho cold
substance would be counteracted."
''But it is the cooling effects that we are
most anxious to get"
"That is merely sensation in tho mouth
and upper portion of the throat, extending
no farther than the nerves of taste. Besides
that, instead of cooling the body it increases
the heaS Nature has to raise that cold mass
body as quickly as possible in order to pre-
vent q painful state of affairs, and to that
end she calls large quantities of blood to the
endangered organ This disturbs the whole
machine, so that it soon gets into perfect
furor During this period chill, exposure,
or a shock would probably end in spell of
sickness"
"What about ice water as cooling bever~
age7'
ut is snare and delusion. A glassful
of it is just as bad as plate Of ice cream
taken after q meal, because tho digestive
process has to be suspended until tho tenn
perature of the stomach has been raised to
the proper pitch Coil water is always more
effective in allaying thirst than ice cold
water The latter may increase the thirst,
and it does increase the heat Of the body
Cool water may be indulged il without fear
of bad results, but the ice cold article is
always dangerous. The quickest and surest
way to cool the body is to take 4 glass of lot
lemonade or hot water. It is instantly alb
sorbed, and in a few minutes it is being
evaporated from the surface Of the body.
Evaporation, you know, produces coolne=s.
The hot draughts also act as tonics to the
stomach and remove the sense Of thirst"
''Woull you advocate the erection Of hot
water fountains with view to keeping the
public cool!''
''No, would not, because the sudden cool
ing of the body by these 1seans might lrins
about as serious ills as any other sudden
change. would advocate the use Of cool
water, and would not have the ice come in
contact with it, but remain outside of the
vessel containing the water. Ice cream, ice
water and ice drinks kill more people than
cholera. You needn't laugh; it's right. The
cholera may knock them out faster j.:st
while it is at it, but the others arc getting
their work in the year round. .'-Pittsburg
S'~.-~:,ap1pjal
Palm Tree in I:lO.n.
Recently there was witnessed in the palm
house ct the imperial palace of Schonbrunn
a spectacle which has hitherto been seen only