The times., 1898-01-09
MILK AND WATER CURES.
Science Develops a wonder-Worker
From a Simple Source.

New York, Jan. s.-Unless all signs fan
1T appears as + the apothccaries VIII cry
soon be obliged To give up pill rolling
and the mixing of bitter physic and take
to dairy farming In search OF living.
By a rough calculation it has been coai-
puted that the really big money in drugs
has beeL mode out Of the dyspeptics, the
martyrs who have livers to complain OF,
and the equally pathetic sufferers from
insomnia. All these one-time liberal
patronizers Of the drug shop and es-
pecially the women, have turned almost
in body TO the milk cure.
Those who are too far gone in the demon
beset path Of indigestion fall back on The.
water cure. end IL any of the discharged
Uatients from either of these cures can be
believed, there is no longer any excuse Tor
the existence of nervous prostration, rheu-
matism, dyspepsia. sleeplessness, INCIDENCE
bad temper, low spirits and quite a score
ofothee acute aimantsof the b0dyprirreGH
larities OF the niiud.s Milk is now reckohed
as na ture's sweet restorer, a nj under iss III
fluence the physicians undoubtedly are
turning the eratwIile most dysl'eptn on
huiks into the trimnesb human crait
ever s,en.
The process is simple to the point oil
foolishness, aid NO matter whether 5oa
are a poor tyrew ritter, who grinds in
close cfficc for SS a week or a debutante
suffering num too much canvastack,
pamraehc and terrarin, the efficacy OF
the trea tmentis Just tie sanle.
In short. the milk is put into ths
storna ch r,r the express purpose. OF XIII
ing the germ tBat prevents the proper
assirniia ton Of food. More than THIS,
where chronic dyspepsia has been en-
tured, tn, lianid diet gives the eXha ustea
internal organs a long-needcd rest from
their futile exertions: then as III typhoic
fever, the milk, while nouris hing,
serves as perfect disinfectans, ana
all these valuable qualities the Rus
slams first discovered. 1t was mostly
class OF ignora MT peasants who found
that, by living on mix, they derlved
great benefits, but, like Russifh peas
ants, they car ied the milk diet to
most ahsurc extreme, and nobody got any
good OF il.
few Years ago, however, couple
of German chemists elected milk into
the almost ecrm-devoured stoma ch or
n dog. a nd the way that innocent White
fluid laid low the most malignant bdc-
terie, reducing in two da Us the germs
from billions to thousands in nuDber
proyel that the COW had more than ever a
right to he regarded a. sacred animal.
The success oe this experiment has borne
astonishing fruit, and daily tie loct0rs
meet tfeir patients with the assurance
that milk is to he the salvation OF the
good FOR ,otniue Anerican stomach whence
proc eeds half the misery Of the American u
citizen.
With women it is only fair to say the
ptysicia ms admit that they find the most in
ferior sort of stomach, the weakest nerves
and the patients most willing to submit to
a milk diet. For it requires no little
fortitude TO follow this new cure, which
consists of mix and nothing but milk.
When the patient is possessed OF means
the doctor orders her To be d, and commands
for at least a week absolute isolation
from al an using, exciting or irritating
sights and sounds. A nurse and great
quiet are necessary, and the first day
where n woman is perhaps verging on the
brink of nervous prostratinn, from four TO
eight teaspoonfuIs of skinned milk are
given every hour and a half.
The mix can he taken hot or cold, but
very slowly. a teaspconful 1t a time. The
next day Hine tablespoonfuls are admin
istered, the next day ten. The top or { ne
bowl, or glass, in which the mix stands,
must be scrupulously skinned every time
the liquor is administered, and, while
the meageI diet goes on, massage is
given twice day Il cup Of hot water is
slipped early in the morning, and for the
first three days the patient is mentally in
a state OF hot rebellion. She reSents the
whole trea tment, and a thousand times
resolves to escape her nurse, descend TO
the Kitchen order every delicious, per
nicions dish she knows Of, gorge her, re-
pentant empty interior to repletion, and
then press hafpiiy away TO the land where
there are NJ stomachs to speak OF.
A fter those first three days the fiends
of hunger have her; after a week she
crawls cut of bed thinner. but, o, so clean
! inside; the whites OF her eyes as blue a S The
young spring skies, and her skin IS clear as
healthy la by's. Her milk diet is increased
| very gradually; she drives n good deal, AMI,
/ after the second week, il everything goes
| well, she is allowed TO take as much milk
| as she desires.
! In six weeks she will find herself turn
| ed ont t. Ordinary pastLragc once more,
| creature internally born gain, and with a
| digestive apparatus as perfectly clean,
sweet anc vigorous as that OF a healthy
/ child II she does not abuse it, she need
never suffer the pangs of dyspepsia, the
! auains of nerves or the torture OF sleep.
! lessness, While the brightness of her eyes
! and the smooth, rosy polish OF her cheeks
! will repay her alone for her six weeks
| abstinence.
/ 1t usually requires longer than six week s
Iror woman to be cured on the milk diet
IL she canLot go TO bed. enjoy massage and
other luAuries. From three to six months
she may be obliged to follow the rigid
! course, and one woman, who could not give
up her work. and whose health was ap-
parently wrecked, lived on nothing but milk
| for one year and six months. III that time
! she was at her desk eve cry week day, en-
| jn1 ec but couple OF weeks vacation, nc
| yet her vigoT was absolutely restored.
| This woman had no massage, no drives, no
nurse and absolutely nothing but milk pass
ed her lips.
1t required no little self-control, she
afterward confessed, to obey the law of
! the diet. The odor or q broiling steak would
almost bring tears to her eyes, besides
| water to her mouth, and she chewed gum
to keep her Jaws in practice, and family
reminded herself of the joys that had beer
hers but she rejoices In her perseverance.
There are reiaxations, however, it il
only just to say, after the first few
weeks &C urse of sweet milk. Patient!
are in time allowed to take their liquid
with it's natural cream, to drink butter
| milk TO have their food hot or cold, ant