The times., 1898-01-16
&
errrnann.
Liberal Furnishsrs,
9TH and | SITS. N. w.
FEEBLE WOMEN
TO DRINK MILK
1t Will Cure Them of Dyspep-
sia and Nervousness.
The Treatment Not Devoid of Hard
ship, for Solid Food Must Not
Be Taken.

Unless all signs fail, it appears as If the
apothecaries will very soonbe obliged togive
up pill-rolling and the mixing OF Dittel
physic and take TO dairy ia rming in search
of a living BY rough calculation IL mas
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 pathetic sufferers from
insomnia All these one-tine liberal pa
tronizers OF the drug shop, and especially
the women, have turned almost in
body to the milk cure.
In short, the milk is put into the stom-
ach for the express purpose OF killing the
germ tina 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 a long
needed rest from their futile eXertions,
then, as in typhoid fever, the milk, while
nourishing, serves as perfect disinfectant,
and all these valuable qualities the Rus
slams first discovered. 1t was mostly Q
class of ignorant peasa nts who found that,
by living ON milk, they derived great bene-
fits, but. like Russian peasants, they car
ried the milk diet to most absurd eX-
treme, and nobody got any good of it.
With women it is only fair TO say the ply
sicians admit they find the most inferior
sort OF stomach, the weakest nerves and
the patients most Hing to submit to a
milk diet. For it requires 10 little fOrti-
tude to follow this new cure, which consists
OF milk, and nothing but milk. The first
dn harQ q Is
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 at time. The
next day nine tablespoonfuls are admins
tered, and the next day ten. The top of the
bowl or glass In which the milk stands
must be scrupuiously skinned every time
the liquor is administered, and, while the
meager diet goes on, massage is given
twice O. day, cup of hot water is slipped
early in the morning, and for the first
three days the patient is mentally in state
of hot rebellion. She resents the whole
treatment, and thousa nd times resolves
to escape her nurse, descend to the kitchen,
order every delicious, pernicious dish she
knows of, gorge her repentant empty in
terror to repletion, and then pass happily
away to the land where there are no ston-
achs to speak OF.
After those first three days the fiends OF
hunger have her; after a week she era wis
out Of bed, thinner, but, oh, SO clean in
side; the whites of her eyes as blue as the
young spring skies, and her skin as clear
as q healthy baby's- Her milk diet is
increased very gradually. she drives a
good deal, and after the second week, IL
everything goes well, she is allowed to
take as ruuch milk as she desires.
In SIX weeks she will find herself turned
out to ordinary pasturage once more,
creature internally born aga in, and with
digestive apparatus as 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
QualIns 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 sixweeks' atp
stinence.