The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-28
VIRTUES OF SKIN MILK.
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Az Ugh tho so-called milk cure has been
p~ractfscd hero and abroad for n good many years.
and one meets here and there a man or n woman
who has taken II. few persons really know the
nature Of the treatment. A famous New York
physician, now dend, did more than any one else
in this country to reveal the virtues Of the cure
to American physicians. The popular notion
that the milk cure consists In drinking a great
quantity of milk every day Is IN part a mlscon-
ception. The mere drinking OF milk IL only half
the treatment. The milk cure consists in living
on an exclusively skim-milkd diet. taken at rigid.
" regular intervals throughout the day for ~
least three weeks.
The patient about to undertake the milk cure
arrsnges in advance for q proper supply Of
wholesome milk, provides himself with several
easily cleansed vessels for holding the milk, and
at least 100 cakes OF chewing gum. The milk
is kept over night, skinned scrupulously Of all
cream that rises, and taken in small quantities.
at intervals OF an hour and q half throughout
the waking day. Perhaps the first days ration
Is less than q quart. Each of the dozen meals
contains rs nearly rs possible exactly the same
quantity, and the most careful directors Of The
milk treatment insist that tho patient shall bs
exact to the minute in taking the several meals.
After each meal the patient must chew gum for
a considerable time, so as to induce a flow OF
saliva that shall aid digestion. SO soon as the
quantity of milk shall lie sufficient to give the
patient tho requisite strength, he must
take regular daily exercise. lie may begin with
a walk of half a mile. and this must be gradually
increased until, II strength permits, he walks
ten miles daily without interruption. The guam
titv Of milk Is measured carefully according TO
an elaborate schedule prepared by the physician
and Is gradually increased until the patient
reaches the maximum that he can completely
and comfortably digest. Some patients reach
in less than three weeks a maximum Of Ave
quarts a day. Some go higher and others never
reach this figure. The maximum Is determined
by the physician. II is continued. according to
the needs of the patient. and then begins the
gradual return u solid food.
The first solid meal may be nothing more than
the Juice Of half a small grape fruit and a small
piece Of stale bread, without butter. Other
things are gradually added. the patients power
of digestion being all tho while carefully
watched, until the patient has reached q full
and varied diet of fruits, vegetables, and meats,
certain indigestible things and all stimulants
being excluded, and all the while from three to
five quarts of skim milk being taken. Al the
end Of six or seven weeks the patient is permit
ted to substitute twoor three quarts of whole"
milk for the larger quantity Of skim milk, and
eventually to take the milk at convenient inter-
Weakness, depression. and iistlessness often
accompany the first few days Of the milk treat
usually begins at once TO lose flesh. The amount
lost depends upon the object for which the
sign is to fatten the patient, the loss may be
only two or three pounds. II the design be 70
each week. A thin man OF large frame began
the treatment at 1872 pounds, fell e, l55, and
1UD. 1t IL usually ulffiCult tn attend to businesa
during the treatment. but busy men some
Careful patients carry their milk to Snsi:
,.rs and The drink na,iori u .,, at ,5 5isi Srl regular II,
Begins to gain strength. and II !" the TSsn Il
successful he finds immense relief from the
pains Of indigestion. Some patients suffer from
ment, and may In the first ten days acquire an
extreme %distasie for the milk; The average pa
cry every hour and a half. and finds the skim
mix delightful. The most delicious dainties are
never so pleasing to the, palate as the half pint
Of skim milk 70 the really apt patient;
in good health and in fne spirits. Few, patients
have full. working strength during the treat
day becomes extremely irksome and seriously
interferes with intellectual work. To the really
milk treatment soon brings Z relief ike being
translated from torment 20 bliss.
persons who do not properly assimilate ordinary
food. such persons may be extremely thin
ut gTOssly ldt. IN either case their
ailment is a form OF starvation. Mar
yellous stories are told of the treatment,
Men and women who seemed dying with clouded
brains and l~istless bodies have been restored 10
health such as they never knew save in child
hood. lll-nourished sallOw men and women have
been brought to plumpness Of body and clear
ness OF complexion. .Waddling masses Of fat
reduced TO normal proportions. Bright's disease
In Its earlier stages has been arrested II not
eradicated by the treatment, and chronic rheu-
has been baDished from the blood. Tho
stories told by milk diet patients and their ply
sicians are almost beyond belief. IL Is fair TO
add that the treatment sometimes fails, though
the believers say that this must come from the
neglect or disobedience of the patient.
The philosophy OF the milk diet lies in fur
nishing to the dyspeptic patient an easily d.
food that contains all the elements
To life and the cleansing Of the sys-
TEN preparatory TO the building up OF new It's
sue. Great stress Is laid upon regularity of the
great slOwness in taking the milk. Some physi-
clans insist that the patient shall eat with .
spoon and occupy as much "a ten minutes in TAX
ing a single glass OF milk. The meal at its
largest seldom exceeds a pint.
Persons who have gone through the treatment
and found relief often return to the milk diet a.
the slightest sign Of Indigestion. In such cases
quarts a day, and in a few days reaches the
A gradual return 10 solid food fol-
lows. provided the patient has found relief; and
he whole duration of this secondary treatment
need not exceed a week. Some persons Lave
kept up this system for years and taken no med
r~essitate as much rs three months of the exclu-
milk diet. This In some cases is followed
by a sort OF water-cure treatment that IL even
more trying.