Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-18
ICE CREAM AND FRUIT.
AN OLD DOCTORS ADVICE WORTH
 BEARING IN MIND.

Warning to People Who Are In the |
 Habit of Abusing Their Digestive Ap- |
 paratus During the Hot Season-Warn-
 ing Words.
 ''There is no more prolific cause of hot, | fetid breath than ice cream" said a popular physician the other day.
 'iHow SOB"
 ''Well, it has been shown to 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 we'll 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 Fahrenheit 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 dyspeptics?'
 Because it suits some of them. Where there is a feverish condition of the stomach & small plate of ice cream will not only prove refreshing but relieve that disagree able gnawing sensation that accompanies this form of dyspepsia. It must not be taken immediately before or after meal, but when the stomach is entirely free of food, and no cake or other solids should be eaten with it."
 ''How about ice cream and strawberriesF'
 ''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 1t 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. It 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 ill 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 or season; however, I am inclined to think that natures schedule is the best, and that we will at least be as we'll off, and probably bet ter if we are governed by 1t.
 "You knew Dr. Le Moyne, of Washingtonf We'll, he never allowed his folks to preserve fruits or anything that had to be sealed up, or boiled in sugar to preserve It. lie sald 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 creamf'
 "Yes Of course each individual must judge for himself as to the general effect. If headaches follow, with clamminess, sour taste, or O 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 the digestion of food applies to all classes The delicate will experience the bad effects sooner than those l who are strong, but even the strongest will ! feel it in time. In my judgment no other cause has been more prolific of dlSordered l digestion than this, and know of no other l connection that will produce sallow com ! plexion, yellow teeth, dark rings around the ! eyes, headaches, foul breath, and loss of appe- l tite more promptly and more certainly than l just this same delicious ice cream" ''Is there no way in which it may be eaten l with safetyW
 "Yes; you can take the antidote with the l poison If were to prescribe or suggest ice l cream to either we'll or sick would insist on 1 them drinking a portion of a cup of hot l coffee or tea before beginning the cream and the remainder at intervals, and finish with ! at least a half cup as hot as it could be l drank. In this way the ill effect of the cold substance would be enumerated" l But it is the cooling effects that we are I most anxious to get"
 l "That is merely sensation ill the mouth l and upper portion of the throat, extending | no farther than the nerves of taste Besides that, instead of cooling the body it increases ! the heat Nature has to raise that cold mas ! of stuff to the average temperature of the ! body as quickly as possible in order to pre-
 vent a 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 a perfect
 furor. During this period a chill, exposure
 or a shock would probably end in spell o1
 sickness"
 "What about ice water as cooling bever
 ageY"
 .'It is a snare and a delusion. A glassfu
 of it is just as bad as plate of ice cream
 taken after a meal, because the digestive
 process has to be suspended until the tenn
 perature of the stomach has been raised tt
 the proper pitch. Cool water is always nor
 effective in allaying thirst than ice colo
 water The latter may increase the thirst
 and it does increase the heat of the body
 Cool water may be indulged in without flea
 of bad results, but the ice cold article
 always dangerous. The quickest and sures
 way to cool the body is to take glass of ho
 lemonade or hot water. It is instantly ah
 sorbed, and in few minutes it is beinl
 evaporated from the surface of the body
 Evaporation, you know, produces coolness
 The hot draughts also act as tonics to tn
 stomach and remove the sense of thirst"
 "Would you advocate the erection of ho
 water fountains with a view to keeping th
 public coolP"
 'No, would not, because the sudden coo
 ing of the body by these means might brin | about as serious ills as any other sudde