Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-08-18
DANGER IN EATING CLOVES.
Too Much Indulgence In the Condiment
shriyels Up the Body.

TOO Much Indulgence In the Condiment
shrivels Up the Body.
Comparatively harmless as is the use
OF cloves in the beginning, the system
soon feels craving for the stimulati ting
effect produced by them, and slowly
and insiduously the habit grows until
they become as much an absolute neces-
sity to the victim as does brandy to the
dipsomanic or opium TO the morphine
fend. 1t is in their supposed harmless
ness that the danger Of acquiring the
Glove habit lies. School girls, whose
taste has been perverted by overindul-
gence in sweets. turn naturally TO the
spice canister in search of a change for
the organs of taste with the almost in
varia bic result that they finally discard
the candies for the pungent little bud.
The habit once acquired, the unconscious
victim begins to find that what was
once pastime has now become ne
cessity, and instead Of being satisfied
with small quantity, as at first two
or three ounces a day are found neces-
cary TO satisfy the systems craving.
Then follows a gradual but certain
breaking down of the constitution, be-
ginning at the nerve centers. which
finally brings the victim TO pitiable
condition.
A full report of an exceptionally pa
thetlc case has been given by famous
specialist in nervous diseases. The
young woman, who Is now on her
deathbed. was once beautiful fascinat-
ing and the acknowledged belle Of her
Snpiul airaln Evn- .s,
member she has been Glove eater. she
tells the physician, and attributes the
formation Of the habit to the fact that
her early life was passed in one of the
extreme southern states, where the use
in cooking OF large quantities OF heat |
ing condiments was considered neccs- |
sity.
About the time that the habit had |
gained II complete mastery over the Rirl |
her parents died. The blow completely |
Frustrated her for time, and rs soon as |
she had sufficiently recovered To do so |
she came To New York, where she soon |
found the employment the loss of her |
parents had made Indispensable |
to her support. Already the dele.
teriOus effects Of the cloves which she |
daily consumed in ever-incrcasing guam.
titles had begun to make themselves
apparent In her shrunlSen cheeks, lack
'uster eyes and generally debilitated
appearance. Her appetite for whole
some food grew less and less as time
went on, and the little that she did
eat was 30 highly seasoned as
to have been unpalatable to even
an East India native. Her merry.
Gus system, which had become az.
fected through the continued over-stim.
ulation Of the digestive organs. began
to show signs of serious impairment,
and she became cross and fretful, often
flying into n passion over the most
trivial incident connected with her daily
duties These outbursts would be fol.
lowed by periods of depression. from
which nothing seemed to rouse her, and
she went about her work In such list
less fashion that her employers found
1t necessary TO warn her that her posi-
tion was in jeopardy. At last she be.
came so disagreeable as TO be utterly
and she was discharged.
Her little savings were soon consumed,
and as her broken health became rap
idly worse she was removed to bellevue
hospital.
Her friends in the south were com
with, and before the hospi-
tai physicians had had time 10 discover
the cause of her condition funds ar
rived and the suffering girl was placed
in the private sdnitarium presided over
by the physician who tells her sad
story.
In spite of all that can be done for her
the poor girl continues to sink, and her
death Is but a question Of few weeks.
The symptoms which follow an over
indulgence in the Glove habit may be
easily discerned, as they are almost in
variably the same in every case. Freed
from all professional technicalities,
they may be described as a general
up of the entire body. The
eyes become dull and heavy, the
checks lose their color, the skin grows
sallow and drawn, and the victims
general appearance is that of one who
Is suffering from some wasting disease
As the amount of cloves consumed is
increased the appetite for food de-
,reases, and frequent fainting fits oc-
eur as the result of the lack of proper
,ustenance.
In the last stages the victim suffers
intense pain in the stomach and abdom.
nal regions, on account OF the in
iemmntion caused by tho constant
presence of the iriNating agent Last
ltage of all are couvulsions, followed
by long spells Of delirlum and finally
ieath.-N, J. journal.
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