The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-01-03
WORTH TRYING.

WORTH TRYING.
Nature Furnishes Cure for That Dread
scourgs, Diphtheria.
It 10 Simply the Pure Juice Of the Pineapple
and Has Been Known for Years by the
Negroes Of the South
II is said that nature has her own
remedy for every ill,to which flesh is
heir. Some OF her remedies have not
yet been discovered aud somc that
have been found out have net become
generally known. Medical science has
long sought for sovereign remedy
for the scourge Of childhood -diptheria,
yet the colorcd people OF Louisiana, and
perhaps OF other localities in the
south, have for years known aud used
u cure which is remarkable for its
simplicity. 1t is nothing more nor less
than the pure juice OF the pineapple.
Knowledge of tho pineapple euro
was first brought to Chicago, says the
Tribune, by a native Of Louisiana.
Though he has recommended the
euro to hundreds of his friends he does
not desire publicity In this connection
for reasons of his own. When question
ed in regard to tho matter yesterday
the gentleman said:
1.-The remedy is not mine 1T has
been used by negroes in the swamps
down South for years. Ono of my
children was down with diphtheria
and was in critical condition. An
old colored man who heard of tho case
asked if we had tried pineapple juice.
We tried 1t and the child got we'll.
have known it tried in hundreds of
cases. I have told my friends about
it whenever l heard of a case, and
never knew it to fail. You get ripe
pineapple. squeeze out tho juice, and
let the patient swallow it. The juice
is OF so corrosive q nature that 1t will
cut out the diphthcritic mucus. and if
you take the fruit before it is ripe and
give the juice to IL person whose
throat is well it will make the mucous
membrane OF his throat sore. Among
those who have tried the cure on my
recommendation may mention Fran
els j. Kennctt. tho Board of Trade
man. whose children were all down
with diphtheria. He'll tell you what
it did for them"
Mr.. Kennett, when seen at his office
in the Board OF Trade building, was
| quite willing TO tell OF his experience
with the cure.
IA year ago last july" said he, "my
youngest boy, now 6 years old. had an
extremely bad type OF the disease. He
had been down Il week, and the case
was so desperate that the doctors, after
L consultation, told me that the case
was hopeless. The diphthcria men,
branc was black and protrudod from
the nose, his jaw was paralyzed and
set, his tongue was black, and every
breath could be heard downstairs. So
malignant was the case that when the
membrane came away bleeding follow
ed and there were all the worst symp-
toms in such cases. His tongue was
drawn up, and he could not swallow.
Then Mr.. -" mentioning the namo
OF the Dearborn street business man,
told me about the pineapple juice
AS the boy was so dangerously sick l
was afraid TO try it ut first. You know
there is danger OF heart failure in
bad cases if the patient is gagged.
asked the doctors about it, and they
had never heard OF the remedy. They
said. however, that it was SO harmless
that it could't hurt him. and we gave
it n trial. l procured some ripe pine
apples, peeled off the outer skin. and
squeezed out the juice with lomon-
squcczcr. AS the little fellow could
not swallow anything we had to rub the
juice on his tongue with our fingers at
first. Then wo got IL tube, filled it
will, the juice, and by fixing rubber
nipple on one end injected it into his
mouth. After q little some of it got
/ down his throat and within four or
| five hours at the most after the first
dose had bcen administered there were
evidences OF its beneficial effects. He
continued to improve from that time.
but it was six weeks before wo were
able to move him. His neck and spine
were paralyzcd and he was almost
blind for six months from the effect of
blood poisoning ensuing from his sick
ness, but now he is as bright and
hearty Il boy rs you will find anywhere.
His recovery is complete.
"My four other children had boon
sent to the Hotel Richelicu as soon as
the boy was taken down. In two weeks
two OF them-a boy Of IL and girl of
II years caught it. but before it reach
cd an advanced stage we gave them
pineapple juice and they were out
in ten days. When they were seizod
with the disease sent the other two
children away to Manitou. Colo.
where within fortnight one OF them
had an attack of tho common com
plaint. We administered tho usual
remedy and she was brought out all
right in q few days by Il timely ap-
f, plication OF the juice threatened at
tack was warded of and tho other
child sent to Manitou.
1.-The doctors who had never heard
OF this cure now all use it In their
practice understand. and nave never
known OF a death where 1t was taken
in time. The patient ought to gargle
the juice and then swallow it. and the
dose ought to be repeated frequently so
as to saturate the system with it. 10
keep the stuff fresh and prevent fer
mcntation ] used to keep it on icc con-
stantly. OF conrse it is always easy to
obtain fresh pineapples here. In the
south nave heard that they keep it
bottled, when the pineapple is out OF
season, and it answers the purpose just
as we'll, provided it is not swcctcncd.
One thing is certain, you can always
get Il pineapple at my house by asking
for it, for we are never out OF them
now.
"When the children were sick the
servants who waited on them showed
symptoms Of diphthcria. We doscd