Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-08-21

/ meaning: 4 ships crew had any
amount of fresh meat, new bread, tea,
| coffee, etc, aboard, but no fruit nor
vegetables. AS days went by the men
grew haggard, breathless and weak
| with violent, tearing rheumatic pains
| in the joints. Then the gums grew
spongy, the blood broke through its
veins, and the whole system was de-
| moralized and dying. In short, they
| were dying of scurvy. A fruit ship
passing sent aboard good supply of
oranges and lemons, which were
greedily eaten by the sufferers. Mark
the result: Though they still went
on eating the same food, the addition
of fruit to their diet made all the diff
ference between life and death. In a
few days their gums began to heal.
the blood became healthy, natural col
or came into their faces, and strength
came to their limbs so lately racked
with pain"
Garrod, the great London authority
on sout, advises his patients to take
oranges, lemons, strawberries, grapes,
apples, pears, ct. Tardieu. the great
French authority, maintains that the
salts of potash found so plentifully in
fruits are the chief agents in purify
ing the blood rom these rheumatic
and equity poisons.
''As a medicine ! look upon fruit as
a most valuable ally AS previously
shown, when the body is in that
breaking-up conditi IN known as sour
Wy, the whole medical profession look
upon fruit and fresh vegetables as the
one and only remedy. l believe the
day will come when science viii use
fruit very much more largely than it
does now in the treatment of every
day ailments. Observations in scurvy
prove that it exerts a very powerful
influence on the blood. But ''the
blood is the life" poor blood means
poor spirits, poor strength, poor
breath and poor circulation. Impure
blood means govt, rheumatism, skin
diseases, ricketts, and ether troubles.
AS it is proved that fruit will purify
and improve the quality of the blood,
it must follow that fruit is both food
and medicine combined. In fevers |
use grapes and strawberries, giving
them to my patients in small but fire.
quent doses oranges and baked ap-
pies if the others are not obtainable
For rheumatism plenty of lemons are
invaluable. White girls, with miser-
able, pallid compilations want a quart
of Strawberries day; where these
are not obtainable bananas, which
contain much iron, are a good substi-
tute. Probably of all fruits the apple
stands unrivaled for general purposes
in the household either raw or
cooked it can be taken by nearly
everybody, and it contains similar
properties to the other more delicate
fruits. To my mind the pear is more
easily digested than the apple, and
for eating uncooked is superior to it.
Dried fruits are now occupying
more attention than perhaps they have
ever done before. 1t has been proved
in large way by giving troops dried
vegetables and fruits that the attack
of scurvy could be warded off, but in
curing scurvy they were nowhere
alongside the fresh ones Still it,
teaches that dried fruits should be
used when fresh cannot be obtained.
If soaked for a few hours before cook
ing, they make capital substitute
for fresh fruit and they come cheaper
to the consumer. l wonder that min
ers, sailors and others do not use
dried fruits very largely. A medical
writer has recently been maintaining
that bread and other starchy foods,
containing large quantities of lime,
are responsible, especially in aged
people, for many OF the diseases from
which we suffer, such as apoplexy,
rheumatism, govt, ETC.. and urges that
fruit should be taken freely instead
to counterfeit these limey effects.
Zone of the first symptoms when
people are deprived of fruit and vege-
tables is very severe pain in the
joints like rheumatism, and death
from failure Of the hearts action.
Whether he is right about this lime
theory may not be proved, but there
is no doubt that lime exists too large
ly in the blood vessels in these dis
eases, and if fruit were eaten regu
larry it would do much to prevent it.
Science today tells us that we may
live under the most beautiful condi
lions, we may feast on bread. meat,
eggs, rice, cocoa, oatmeal and such
like foods for a short time but unless
we take fruits or vegetables-fruits
being the best-we get listless; ana
it follows that if we should keep our
selves and our children with clear
skins, bright intellects, good digestion,
rich-colored. healthy blood and
strength for work we must regularly
take fruit and vegetables, and look
upon them as actually more necessary
for the support of good health than
any other article of Diet
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