Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-10
BUTTERMlLK FOR DYSPEPSIA.
The World Would be Free OF Crusty, Grabbed
People II We Obpyed the Laws OF Nature
in Eating and Drinking.
Fort WORTH. Tex. Aug. 2, 1890.

FoRr WORTH, TEX, Aug. 2, 1890.
Editor Gazette.
In your issue of July 30 appeared an
article upon the above subJect,
which had much of good in 1t,
and still left much yet to be said. There
is perhaps no malgdy more commonly
prevalent, more distr 'ssing or more OBJ
stinate than this same dyspepsia. 1t Is
malady growing out of ignorance or dis
regard of natural laws, while its cure as
at present treated, is purely accidental.
The failure in curing dyspepsia is attrib-
utable to two main causes. The first OF
these is primary, the other, secondary.
Ignorance of the melting cause OF the
disease is the primary cause, and
this MEETING cause does its work
of arrangement prior to the appearance
of sensible effects, or In other words the
foundation Is all LAID and leVeled up Tor
the progress of the disease before the
first twlnge of indigestion warns US of
the malady.
Secondary to this comes ignorance of
fact in nature, which Is h., that both physl-
caIly and mentally people exist IN dis
tinct Glasses as to tastes, habits ana
capabilities. Relating TO our subject
this law applies in the ability of certain
persons to eut and enjoy certain articles
of food while TO others the same things
are unpalatabIe and unwhoiesome.
This is constitutional popularity which
NAV never be explained satisfactorily,
being, so far as we now know, one or
the mysteries of creation. On this law
is founded that principle in medical
4, do IN n a
medica, giving many alternatives for use
in the same disease. Upon this law also
is founded the truth that what is food or
medicine for one is poison to another.
This brings us to the point in the butter
milk question. Many persons suffering
from dyspepsia, seeing MIR. Scott's ex-
re-ience given in Tuesdays GAZETTE,
will hasten to prepare buttermllk whey
as he directs, and some of them will
| be benefited willis others are
not. This is simply the work.
ing out of our law of classes in
| creative economy. A case came up IN
my own experience in which the patient
could not touch either sweet or sour
milk without the greatest distress, which
was equally experienced in drinking
water. Being left largely to himself in
the trying of dIetetic experiments, he
| found his bill of fare resolved itself into
| the following form: Bread, pretzels; to
| be used as meat, Swiss cheese, and for
| drink, lager beer; condiments, cucum-
Der pickles. He absolutely lived e1-
| clusively on this diet alone for
| three months and entirely recovered
| from all trace OF weakness in digestion.
This may sound Incredible, as the ar
ticles named as a diet would throw the
! fror ffa "a
J condition of health into the pangs of the
most violent dyspepsia, under circum-
stances favorable to the progress of the
disease, but having observed ana noted
| this case throughout with much interest,
know whereof speak. In the case OF
Ex-Congressman Scott, his peculiar con-
stitutioual makeup, as well as that OF
the man who suggested it to him, and al
| Others of that peculiar class will find
buttermilk whey taken hot a specific in
the relief of dyspepsia, but not neces-
sarily cure, as one party to the traus-
action oonfesses to having used his They
| for forty years. which is evidence that It
was not means of radical cure. Inc
| cure of dyspepsia or any other affection
depends upon different course of treat
| meut based upon the primary cause cited
above. Every disease incident to flesh
| depends upon known cause which leads
to diseased manifestation. All treat
ment to cure must be directly aimed at
removal of this melting cause
Whatever, the stage of development
of the disease. If taken before
conscious development of disease symp-
toms the treatments preventive; il after
the disease becomes active the treatment
must remove the cause and aid nature In
her work of self-recuperation. The but
termilk whey owes its efficacy manly tc
the heat which it imparts to the stomach
in the drinking it in O heated condition
and an equal amount of hot water taken
every morning before eating will have
the same effect. Some good may be de-
rived from the acid supplied by the whey ,
bat that only to those who need the acid
at the time. Our systems naturally
crave certain substances at times, which
should always be supplied on demand
within reasonable limits, the popular no.
ton TO the contrary, Notwithstanding.
If all persons will obey the laws OF ma
ture in eating and, drinking and takt
paius to remove the cause underlying
disease, there would be no dyspepsia
and what multitude of erusty, grabbed
and miserv-hugging people might thus
very simply, be made happy, agreeable
aud useful in the world.
J. WALTON MCCOY.