The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-14
He Nearly Died on a Milk Diet.
From the Ne,r York Tribune.

From the Ne,r York Tribune
when do you go to bed?" Dr. L. Duncan
Bulkey, the noted specialist, inquired of his
About O'Clock a. M"
When do you get up!'
about noon
when do you eat breakfasts"
about o'c ock p. m"
And dinneFfn
Anywhere from $50 o'clock to O'Clock"
And supper"
about $50 O'Clock a. m"
WHAT do you eat for support"
Ham and eggs, or bacon and eggs, or beef
and beaus, or lobster salad, or Welsh rarebit
or a steak. or some country SAUSAGE or what.
ever happens t. STRIFE my fancy Sometimes I
sup al Oelmonicos, sometimes at sandy Spen-
GERS, sometimes at Delmonico Hitchcock's and
sometimes at the club
Poor fellow, no wonder you are ill., But
we try to bring you around all right. Wen
begin by recon nending milk diet"
But doctor, milk doesn't agree with me-"
"Ho~ do you know
I've tried ii"
How d you try it?"
with crackers. or oatmeal or zwiebach, or
something of that sort
EOf course il didn't agree with you You
cuCdn expect il u do so under such circun
stances. Now, besides being your doctor III
be Jour friend, and tell you what DO. III con-
vince you that take my own medicne-sone-
thing doctors are seldom guilty Of. ! driEk a
quart of milk every night before going 60 bed
drink it as would so much water. II is all the
find that my mind is clearer, and that / am
able 70 do more and better work on il than on
any other food. But am very careful not to
let so much as a crumb of bread pass my lips
while enjoying a milk supper. The smallest
particle would spoil the entire effect Mix
taken alone / this way will agree with almost
any one Go hone and order your milk nan to
have quart every morning Don't drink il too
cold"
He lived at a boarding house and trusted the
landlady implicitly she ordered the milk, and
he nearly burst himself trying TO drink a quart
at a sitting. 1t came in fruit jar, marked
This bottle must be washed and returned. q"
After ten days struggle he succeeded in be.
coming so much Of a calf that he could put n
quart where L would 90 most good without per-
sonal Inconvenience or discomfort Then he
began to grow fat. lie patronized the penny.
in-the-slot weighing machine every day, with
mutual SatiSfaci ion TO himself and the pro.
prietor. ANA the name Of L. Duncan Fulkley
was blessed.
But by and by the milk lost its creamy rich
ness and he began 10 fall On. tts anti.fat prop.
critics were such that ne was soon reduced to a
poi1t where he was ashamed to weigh himself
in public. He had awful dreams about being
lost in O chalk mine and drowned under a stable
pump. His groans kept theThousshold in u state
OF frenzy and alarm. lie. began TO believe he
should die.
one night he was taken so bad that a neigh.
boring doctor was called IN. Bang a sensible
aud practical man this doctor began an iuyes.
tigat.on OF the milk business, winch resulted in
the following startling Developments: The
landlady'S weekly bill for milk for the patient
was 40 cents-lO nts quart. She had sup
piled pure milk for a few weeks, after which
her purchases were made of a cheap John
around the corner, VINO manufactured On
article that h. sold sor cents a quart, thus
enabling the dear old soul 10 make a neat profit
OF cents ON each bottle.
The patients life was saved.