Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-25
CONSUMPTION CURED
VEGETABLE FLUID DISCOVERED
THAT HAS PROVEN SUCCESSFUL.

With request for professional secrecy
the management of the New York Post
Graduate Hospital has sent to the physi-
clans OF New York a circular announcing
the discovery Of a vegetable fluid which Is
working marvels in the cure Of consump-
ton.
The cures 1t has effected are positive and
complete, the patients in each case showing
absolutely no signs of recurrence of the
disease.
When 1t is considered that one person in
every ten in that state dies of tuberculosis.
and that similar death percentage exists
In many other states, the value of the new
formula may be appreciated.
The credit for the discovery belongs to
Dr. John F. Russell, who is at the head Of
the hospital staff of physicians in charge of
the hospital annex.
Up to July 10 as many cures had been eff
fected at the annex as during the entire
year of 1904.
sure death patients recovered so COM
pletely that they now show absolutely no
signs of the disease Fifty others are on
the rapid road to recovery.
Not Wildcat Cure.
The efficacy of the cure is all the more
astonishing on account of its simplicity.
The medicine" consists simply of a COM
pound of raw vegetable juices. Hereto
fore when the ravages Of the disease have
been checked by other means the LESSONS OF
the lungs continue.
This is not the case where the new for
mula is used. In almost every instance the
patient Increases in weight. and his general
health Is restored.
That the vegetable juice theory is not a
wildcat or visionary one has been demon
strated to an entirely disinterested board Of
doctors.
If the cures at the annex Of the Post
Graduate Hospital continue In the ratio
Of the past few months 1t is probable that
the fluid will be eventually bottled and dis
tributed over the country with directions
as to it's use.
DR.. Russell began his experiments upon
the basis that pulmonary tuberculosis Is a
disease of maInutrition and that he could
dsplace the old theory of drugs and spe-
cfic medicines by substituting proper food
hygiene and exercise.
Value Of Food Properties.
He began to study the value of food prop
critics and their effect upon nutrition and
upon the diseased processes. After months
of close observation he hit upon the veg
etable Juice idea, which he proceeded to put
into practice.
He gathered equal parts by weight of
raw vegetables and. after thorough wash
Ing by scrubbing with brush and rinsing
III hesH water "itHout TeHloVlHs the sklns,
mixed them together and chopped them in
a bowl until the particles were small enough
to go easily into the receiver of the grind
Ing machine, where the mass was reduced
to pulp.
He collected the pulp as it fell from the
machine and squeezed the juice out through
coarse muslin CLOTH
DIR. Russell began by using potatoes
onions, beets, turnips, cabbages and celery.
Later on he added sweet potatoes, apples,
pineapples, carrots and parsnips. Still later
rhubarb (pie planD. summer squash, toma-
toes, spinach, radlshes, string beans and
green peas In the pod.
The results OF the administration of this
Juice to tuberculosis patients in the hos
pital was satisfactory, not to say as
tonishing, that the hand machine was dis
carded and a power machine installed for
grinding the vegetables. and cider press
was used for extracting the juice from the
pulp. large quantity of juice was pre-
nared every day and kent on ice