The Portland daily press., 1898-08-24
WAY TO CURE RHEUMATISM.
DIR. Leydeu, the German Specialist, Gives
This Advice on the Matter

"By hygienio living you cannot eradi-
cats your rheumatism, but you can most
sssuredly so control 1t that your existence
will be almost free from its torturing
pairs" Tha is what Dr. Leyden Of the
University OF Berlin said to an American
recently.
70 DIR. Leyden he had gone as the
leading authority on rheumatism IN
Europe, and after having been tola py
many physicians that he must grin ana
bear his affection with all the PHILOSOPHY
he might, when hope and the efnoaoy OIL
drugs ebbed low, the Germans opinion
seemed almost too good to be true.
"We don't give any medicine in such
cases as yours said the doctor. na0
Won need is diet and exercise, and plenty
of both. The rheumatic who lives a
seaeotarv life and feasts daintily is bound
to come to a very bad end. hearty, ire
oueut. well-chosen meals and much
b,,stling about in the open air are abso.
Into essentials to cure. The prime cause
of rheumatism is indigestion, and,
though you may eat prodigious meals, If
vour stomach does not assimilate what
il 81 ven 1t you are quite as poorly nour-
ished as the man who gets but u crust a
day, As to what you can and cannot eat
here is the rule: OF meats you must deny
Yourself heavy, dark flesh. Under this
head is itemized mutton, venison, goose,
and anything that is cut off a pig. De-
vote yourself to chicken, lamb, games,
sweetbreads, brains, and the more deli
cate fish, when simply cooked and kserved
without rich sauces. Avoid lobster and
crabs and every fried fish dish, but enjoy
oysters and CLAIMS.
"Of vegetables never touch tomatoes,
cucumbers and all salads that have
vinegar dressing. for an inadequate stom-
aoh is busy manufacturing more power
full acid than the system can endure. Eat
lightly of potatoes, dried beans or peas,
and raw onions, but let yourself indulge
freely in green beans and peas, carrots,
turnips and well-oooked green's. For all
starch your body needs rice is the proper
source of supply. An abun dance of we'll
cooked rice is worth all the breads and
beans and potatoes put together.
s'Straw berries, raw pears and raw ap-
niles are cut off from the rheumatic, how
ever wholesome they may be for others,
orange Juice will set mans joints to
throbbine he can help himself safely and
freely to lemon and lime juice. A divine
healing quality is found in the acid of
both these fruits. There is but one SELL
tsnoe to cover the use OF sugar: Don't eao
ii in any form whatsoever. Americans
make the best sweetmeats in the world
and suffer most cruelty from their use of
them. N
"AImost as sweeping denunclatlon
may be made Of all liquids save water
and milk, Beer, claret, port, and CHAM
nagne act as a sort of poison on the rheu-
matte system, and though whlskey ana
brandy, gin and rum are not so1nJurlous,
If taken sparingly and at long intervals,
they are best abjured and water and milk
substituted. In the past ten years min
eral waters have heen consumed in enor-
NOUS quantities by rheunatics in the be-
lief that they afforded special aid, and
they are effioaoious, chiefly, though, from
the fact that they are very pure. and that
the use of them induces patient to I'M
bibs an unusual quantity OF sweet
cleansing liquid.
az am willing to say that where min
eral waters are not easily obtained any
pure water taken at the rate of two or
three quarts day, has an equally salu-
tary effect on the system. 1t must be
pure, however, and filtered, If there are
any doubts about its cleanliness. This
liquid, taken slowly, in small tumblers
fuls, and fcrsthe most part between meals,
will largely ssrve the purposesof mineral
wafer. Not moro than tumblerful is
wholesome at each meal, and it is best
not to take tho water just before or after
eating OF en- getting into bed.
ga rheumatic must be nourished, and
most esq eoially one who has languid
appetite. Three meals day are not
enough flor such patient Between
breakfast an lunch anu between lunch
and dinner a Trash egg, beaten up in
sweet, fresh milk, is an excellent sti mu-
liant, more valuable than all the milk
punches ever devised. All these reasona-
BILE courses do not lead to cure. though,
unless exercise that is regular and never
stinted is taken every day. First OF all,
don't pretend to try sfor athletics or
violent motion Of any Kind, since 1t is
sySu RI cfTQf aching