The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-09

own Case, Hears of n More Remarkabl,
| One and Is Able to Get In but u Few
/ Words In the Course of Long Talk.
You are so burly and robust" said
the orgulous dyspeptic, with secret
fcorn, to his casual travelling acquaint.
ance, that | presume you are never
troubled with dyspepsia. You have
much to be thankful for am often in
such state that
Was the burly acquaintance to endure
| the garrulity of a chance dyspeptic2 HI
was not
"On the contrary" he Immediately re
/ piled, for, never having suffered a mo
ment in his life from any physical all
ment, his mind was active and vigilant
On the contrary, | have suffered nm
! told torture from dyspepsia, and as yor
are interested in the subject will will
| ingly give you my experience. | began
with the finest digestion in the world
but while engaged in the military service
of the country, being 10 years scouting
on the frontier, the character of the ra
tions. together with the quality of the
confections of soldier cooks previously
engaged in driving hacks and slugging
castings"--
-'Oh, my trouble was not with cooks, y
interposed the dyspeptic loftily, but
nevertheless much chagrined to find the
burly acquaintance prepared to talk on
on the subject. AS was about to tel
you, am often in such state that
And the irregularity of the meals,
hurried on the burly acquaintance
served, you understand, in camp. a
fresco and a la fourchette sans ceremonie
threw me into such disorder that hat
indigestion. then dyspepsia, then non
assimilation. | submitted my case to tn
army surgeons. They advised me"--
Doctors are of little use. will tel
you"-
To confine myself to the simplest an,
most digestible edibles and esculents t,
be found in the military commissary
But ! grew worse, and the surgeons or
dered me back to civilization, where
could obtain the delicate nutrimen
which my disordered and seriously i'm
paired system required. went to Chi
cago and began diet of chicken broth
fresh fruit, stale bread made from newl,
ground graham, steamed oatmeal'--
"Oh, | tried all those, Five year
ago.
"The result was that grew worse, a
before. and the local doctors advised m
to go toto go to New York, where
should be able to find foods better suite
to my parlous state. Accordingly Iwen
to New York and laid out diet of tn
finest and purest of the selected food
that that metropolis Affords
plain country food taken as the syl
TEN requires"-
my physician advised exact regular
ity | had two ounces sea food, tw
ounces farinaceous food, two ounces c
the juice of fresh imported fruits an
two ounces coagulated albuminoids ey
cry two hours. Growing steadily worse
| consulted higher medical talent. On
doctor kept me on clam broth, anothe
on tangerines, another on shredded
broiled frogs legs, another on distille
ALFALFA
Five years ago.
Growing steadily worse, | consulte
still higher authority. was now toll
that my diet was at variance with na
ture. The doctor told me that natur
was proportion, rhythm, music--food
must be taken in harmonious propol
tions. He prescribed the same sea foods
cereals, meats and fruits as the other:
but in chromatic scale of the decrea'
ing seventh, throwing in occasionally
few vegetables by way of variation c
the fugue and double extracts as ovel
| tones
"Of course you recovered, your cas-
being merely temporary
"Growing steadily worse, | consulte
doctor who had had great succes
among the lionaires-fnancial SUE
cess. He was man Of blunt speec
and plain common sense. He said ha
overworked my stomach and must Civ
it entire rest. What | was to do for
living in the meantime he did not sa,
but he took large fee with great scori
rightly despising me for the sma
amount of money that he left me. NJ
stomach was now worse than ever.
refused to be cajoled and despised IN
offers Of peace. Excuse me momen
Once had spent over 4S hours fastin
| then drank two drains of soda mil
with four ounces of aqua pura-ever
| thing was >sow drains, scruples al
ounces with me, and the zigzag symbols
those distressing quantities appeared
my nightly nightmares like processiC
of Daniel Quilps and Humpbacks of N
tire Dame-as say drains of steriliz,
milk at 20 degrees centigrade, with
wiggles of bismuth and ii jiggle jaggl
of soda, with couple of glasses of wi
= and pepsin to aid in the mysterious pre-
II esses of digestion.
The large amount of actual food co
II tanned in the ounce of milk began to d
/ tress me exceedingly, but the wine,
which | was not accustomed, gave l
j. courage. | took several more doses of
Immediately, increasing the doses rhyt
mically had not felt SO well in montl
| said Wine is undoubtedly mock'
Sc but it is a good rubifacient, besides p'
80 sessing valuable qualities as an antini
cotic and merrymaker Now, very we
It Mr. Stomach said, you are unamer
u ble to gentleness, unmoved by kndn,
and irresponsiye to the concord of sw'
culinary symphonies. will give y
something to rage about Putting
my hat, walked lightly adown
street, and entering, not doctors wa
ing room, but a restaurant, instan
ordered and partook of repast consi
ing In part of turtle soup, roast old goo
broiled fat Holsters, corned beef a
. cabbage, salt pork, hot rolls, ltali
>, cheese, tripe, mince pie, black cofi
chartreuse and black and green Gig
"As you can imagine, when you c
slider the philosophy of it, that ended
ng hope you will never be troubled as
been. Good day."-New York sun.
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