The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-17
Eject OF Certain Fruits.
Medical Record.

MEDICAL Record.
According to a celebrated health expert,
bianched almonds give the higher nerves
or brain and muscle food. and the man
who wishes to keep up his brain pewer
will Go well to include them in his daily
bill of fare. Juicy fruits give more or
less the higher nerve or brain food, and
are eaten by all men whose living de-
Ponds on their cleaI'headedness. Apples sup
ply the brain with rest. Prunes are said 10
afford proof against nervousness, but ara
not muscle-feeding. They should he avoid
ed by those who suffer from the liver But
1t has been proved that fruits do not have
the same effect upon everybody. Some men
acute dyspepsia. Fruit cure" is a form Of
treatment which is quite the rage in coz
tinental Europe now with persons suffering
from real or imaginary ailments.
The New York Times says in reference
to this one of the latest fads: In the
tenth century, an investigator has discoy-
cred, many medical authorities became Ell
thusiastic in their writings over the remark
able curative virtues of grapes; while
certain Van SweetZen, of a more modern
date is said TO have recommended in Spe-
cial cases the eating of twenty pounds or
strawberries q day. The same gentleman
also reports q case of phthisis healed by
strawberries. and cites cases in which MAJ
MACS have gained their reason by the ex-
elusive use of cherries. These instances
SAVIOR rather of the ridiculous. but there
is no doubt that the So-called grape cure
for indigestion and other evils is carried
on in many places on the continent, ana
that people betake themselves to Merah,
Vevay, Bigen, or to Italy and the south OF
France, with the intention of devoting six
weeks to the cure. during which time they
are expected to have gradually accom-
lsheG the feat of consuming from three TO
eight pounds Of grapes daily. Grapes are
said TO exercise a salutary action on the
nervous system and TO favor the formation
of fat-that is to say. when fruit of good
quality is employed; If the grapes are not
sufficiently ripe and are watery and sour
the patient may lose, rather than gain
weight. The valuable results obtained by a.
fruit diet in cases OK dyspepsia are due to
the fact that the noxious germs hahltually
present in the alimentary canal do not
thrive in fruit juices.
That fruit is a most valuable article OK
food cannot be denied, and that many dis
eases may be greatly benefited by diet
largely composed of fruit is true enough.
It is a fact. too. that the majority Of peo-
pie eat more meat than they require. Meat
eaten once day is sufficient for q person
who does not take much strong outdoor ex-
ercise. A large number Of complaints con-
tracted owe their origin to the eonsump-
tion of food which entails a greater drain on
the gastric juices than the system IN able
to withstand The cures attributed 10 the
grape occur for the most part with those
who are accustomed to high living and ara
really owing 70 the fact that tAe Orgafls OF
digestion are given much NEEDED rest
Semi-starvatlcn would answer the purpose
almost as well. For the person whose work
lies chiefly indoors mixed and varied Diet
Is most conducive to good health.