Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-04-29
TOMATOES ARE RESPONSIBLE.
said to Cause a Troublesome Affection
of the Heart.

Epicues especially and the public in
general should be warned by the fate
of Paul d. Warner who was yesterday
discharged from the city hospital not
because he was entirely cured but be-
cause, afflicted with two diseases, he
decided to seek a different climate, ben
efcial to the more fatal Of the two
When admitted to the Institution sew
eral months ago Warner, while show
ing symptoms of consumption, was
also suffering from a peculiar heart
affection, which, after repeated exam
nations by the attending physicians,
was pronounced to be lycopeIsiCm
cardiopathia, or tomato heart.
Curious as it may seem, the mans
debilitated condition and the weakness
of that important organ was due to the
PATIENTS love for that luscious yeget-
able, which he ate at every meal L
was not until the beginning Of the civil
war that the acceptance of the tomato
as an edible became general and
Europe, up to the present time, has
not given it a welcome ANALYSIS
have placed it among the vegetables
consisting Of over So per cent. water
and Is iluid elem ut has been found to
consist Of an acid called by some acidum
lycopersicum, and by others as ace.il
and mailic in combination. Scientists
have long ago discovered, however
that to some persons the tomato is a
yelltable poison. In some cases the
sy mptoms develop Immediately and are
cumulative In the latter, as in the
case Of Warner, an abnormal hypersen
sitiveness of the heart ami circulatOy
apparatus is discovered First. simple
heart irritabiIity, with a latent inham-
alton of the inner wall, especially
about the oartic roots and valves. The
heart passes out of the condition o.
equilibrium into a habit of irregllarity
and inequality of rhythm and force
Difficult breathing supervenes and
mits the capacity of exertion.
When first admitted, Warner ey-
ai5Hed all the symptoms Of acute
poisoning, and for a while his ease
1ailled the skill Of the attending ply
stefan. Only when his inurdlnate fond
ness for fruit was discovered was
diagnosis made possible. He suffered
pain and gastric uueasinass. succeeded
hy choking. be'ohtugs and Heartburn
and vomiting Then came an 'rra
on the vital activity within the chest
and che poor patient suffered as mlc6
mentally as physically, d peculiar ae
Ton of the disease being tina, it .m-
presses l.self upon the mind, gei..1g
depression and gloomy prem9ui Sons.
Cold swaats appeared upon hts fore
head, being produced by hear. frga.
Headaches and o tension about a
temples became manifest. Accompanies
ay .a01uar At times also Warmers
spe.oh became impeded. and Die .lwa
iholI. b artiaulate. followed hE
lngoaaranee Of thought. several @
seeming TO seek expression a the
uu Tie also experience aUm
Aa fingers aad tongue aa3
n"rNets1a af the senses 1H
Warmers say az ae hospital ha
treated freely with acstaniIid aaa
".'. .n equal proportions ana "a
impr0Tln- under this treatment o..
was hE no means cured whea Pc
discharged. This was only done new
ever aa the earnest solicitation q tl
patient himself. as be was afflicted T-
consumption, as before stated, and e
sired 70 20 10 different climate g
relief from this disease, the more daa i
sofous q the two.-Cincinnati Ell
quirer