The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-15
House &
Hermann,
Literal FurnishsrS,
9TH and | SITS. N. w.
PEBBLE WOMEN
TO DRINK MILK
It Will Cure Them of Dyspep-
STA and Nervousness.
The Treatment Not Devoid Of Hard
ship, for solid Food Must NOT
BE Taken.

Unless all signs fail. it appears as IL the
/ apothecaries Will very soOnbe obliged togiNe
I I'D piIl-roIIing and the mixing of bitter
/ physic and take TO dairy ia rming IN search
of living BY rough calculation il has
been computed that the really big money IN
drugs has bee made out OF the dyspepticS,
the martyrs who have livers to complain
of, and the equally pa thetic sufferers from
insomnia. All these one-Jime liberal pa
tronizers Of the drug shop, and especially
I the women. have turne d almost ia a
body 10 the milk cure.
In short, the milk is put into the stom-
ach for the express purpose of killing the
germ that prevents the proper assimilation
OF food More than this. where chronic
dyspepsia has been endured, the liquid diet
gives the exha uste d internal organs long
needed rest from their futile exertions;
then, as in typhoid fever, the milk, while
, nouriShing, serves as perfect dislnfeCtant,
and all these valuable qualities the Rus-
slams first discovered. Ii was mostly
ella - OF ignorant peasa nts who found that,
10y living OH milk, they derived great bene-
fits, but like Russia peasants, they car
red the milk diet To most absurd eX-
treme. and nobody got any good of It.
With women II is only fair to say the ply
sicians admit they find the most inferior
sort OF stomach, the weakest nerves and
the patients most willing To submit to a
milk diet. For it requires 40 little forti-
tude TO follow this new cure which consists
of milk. and nothing but milk. The first
day where a woman is perhaps verging
on the brink Of nervous prOStration. from
four TO eight tableSpoonfulS or skinned
milk are given every hour and a half.
The milk can be taken hot or cold. but
very slowly. teaspoonful al a time. The
next day nine tablespOonfuls are admins
tered. and he next day ten. The top OF the
towl or glass in which the milk stands
must be scrupulouSly SKINNED every time
the liquor Is adninist cred. and while the
niearer diet goes on, massage is given
twice a day, cup OF hot water is slipped
early in the morning, and for the first
three da VS. he patient is mentally in state
OF hot rebellion. She resents the " hole
treatment, and a thousa nd times resolves
TO escape her nurse descend ia the kitchen,
order every delicious, pernicious dish she
knows of. gorge her repentant empty in
terror 10 repetition. and then pass happily
away to the land where there are no stOm-
achs TO speak OF.
After those first three da vs. the riends OF
hunger have her: after a week she crawls
out OF bed. thinner. but. oh, 10 clean in
side: the whites of her eyes as blue as the
young spring skies. and her skin as clear
as a healthy haby's. Her milk diet is
increased very gradually, she drives a
good deal, and after the second week, if
everything goes well, she is allowed to
take as much milk as she desires.
In six weeks she Will find herself turned
out Ia ordinary pasturage once more.
creature internally born aga in. and with
digestive apparatus perfectly clean,
sweet and vigorous as that of healthy
child. IL she does not abuse it, she need
never suffer the pangs OF dyspepsia. the
qualms of nerves or the torture of sleepless-
ness, while the brightness of her eyes, and
the smooth, rosy polish OF her cheeks will
repay her alone for her six-w eeks' all
stinenCe.