The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-12-06

4 HI therapeutics
Disease never exists without some cause.
Often the most important service the physi-
clan can render is to discover, and assist in
removing if possible, the source of ill-health
which usually includes some form of impur-
ity. 1t may exist in the air we breathe, in
the food We eat, in the water We drink, and
even our thoughts may become so impure
that directly they engender vices which re.
suit in the most loathsome form of disease.
keep myself pure" is the best advice
possible to give the invalid. The skin, the
teeth. the hair, our clothing, bedding and
dwellings, should be repeatedly aud care
fully cleaned.
Whatever obstruets the normal action of
any organ, impairs the health. Agencies
of this kind have often been at work for a
long period of time, and it would require
almost a miracle to overcome and emove
them all at once. Sometimes, under the
best treatment, for days or weeks, but lit
tie if any change for the better is apparent,
and it frequently occurs that for a while
the symptoms appear worse and the patient
becomes discouraged, and feels tempted to
make a change. This is one of the many
reasons why the physician, like the preach
er, should be employed by the year. He
would then have every inducement to i'm.
mediately effect a radical cure, and would
not be misunderstood in his endeavors to
prevent the suffererer from over doing, by
taking too much of the treatment, too
much food, or too much exercise. Inthese
cases it is better to let the system have a
day or W of rest, and cease to urge the
life forces. Patience is a virtue which the
afflicted must learn to practice in order to
recover lost health. "A good rule for inva-
lids to adopt, with regard 20 exercise, eth
er physical or mental, is never to attempt
more than half what they feel fully able to
perform, and always stop eating before the
food has entirely lost all relish. Partake
of wholesome, easily digested food, pre-
pared in the simplest and plainest manner.
Eat very slowly and masticate thoroughly.
Avoid everything which experience proves
to lie injurious, or that causes distress in
the stomach, trouble with the heart, or is
calculated to constipate the bowels, includ-
ing such articles as fine fonr bread, cake.
cheese, and fried meats.
Wheat is the most perfect article of food
ever produced by the bountiful hand of
Nature. The whole grain is preferable. 1t
should be boiled or steamed five or six
hours until it becomes soft. II boiled
tender and then baked or parched it is
much superiorto that prepared by any other
process; and from the fact that it can be
masticated it will be found superior to any
of the numerous mushes, puddings and
porridges SO often recommended to child
rem and invalids. The boiled wheat.
combined with stewed tomatoes or prlnes.
apples, peaches, pears or other fruits. Will
prove both food and medicine, never
failing to eule constipation, which, if not
checked in time, leads to some serious dis
ease of the kidneys, nerves, or vital organs.
Wheat meal should be substituted for the
fine flour; it may be combined with oat
meal, rye, or corn meal, or equal parts of
each may be made into bread, biscuit.
cakes, crisp crackers or mushes. Graham
gems may be made by mixing an egg beat
en- with milk, to form a batter out of the
mush or the unbelted meal, and baked in
very hot cast iron pans. Heat the pans
hot before putting in the batter, and, if the
oven is well heated, they will be su ~ficient-
ly light without adding any baking pow
der, soda, Or potash. Stale bread is more
healthful than that which is fresh made.
1t may be steamed or toasted, and if made
of coarse -four or meal, is equally good for
invalids and those in health. Cream and
sauce or a cream gravy is better than but
ter to be used on cakes, gems, or bread.
The people of Boston should not be per-
mitted to m~onopolize the luxury of baked
beans, which, when properly prepared,
are very nutritious and palatable. They
should be soaked until swelled, then par
boiled in fresh water till soft, after which
they should be baked from 6 TO Is hours.
II boiled wheat, hominy, or corn is added
with the beans before they are cooked,
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