Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-09
 Home Health l Club Dy DAVID 2. IEIpIl. !h. D..M.l.
 Le Pore, Ind.

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 very interesting one. and as I have re. 'ceived number of letters this week from club members asking for little more information regarding that sub
 1ect. I presume 1t is in order for me
 to treat the subject further.
 As I stated in previous lecture, it
 is of great importance that food should
 be relished, that there be genuine gus
 tatory enjoyment, and, in order to se-
 cure that desirable result, variety oi food materials is best once received
 a patient, who for number of weeks
 has been at a noted sanitarium, under
 careful dietetic supervision. His daily allowance had been restricted to a very few articles of rather an unLalatable
 nature. As he was. previous to his ad-
 mission to that institution, extremely
 emaciated and weak, such a diet was almost intolerable, and he rapidly grew
 worse.
 , When he arrived at the home he was
 completely exhausted, and could hard
 ly get to room. When asked tc come to dinner, he refused, saying he
 did not feel hungry, and he was afraid the food might injure him. l humoreo
 him until the next meal, when I in- sisted upon reasonable amount oi good, wholesome food. He appeared
 greatly surprised that should allow him to eat of any dish upon the table, with the restriction of complete mas
 tication only. No harm resulted, but
 good nights sleep followed. l
 watched the case slowly for several days, and noticed that no liquid of any kind was partaken of at any time
 l also found the vital organs were car
 ried much lower than they should be;
 the carriage of the entire upper DOT tion of the body was very, very bad.
 therefore first ordered a cupful of
 hot water 30, minutes before each
 meal. After a few days supplement- ed this by ordering six tablespoonfula of water daily at various times be. stween meals, and increased this amount to three quarts of water daily. also
 at the same time. instructed the pa
 tient in the exercises given in volume one of the Home Health club books for developing the muscles, which as- sisted in maintaining a correct car riage, developing the chest and abdom- inal muscles. ~ s No medicine of any kind was admin. istered, and in two weeks the patient began to gain flesh; in four weeks he was gaining at the rate of three pounds per week, and at the end of two months still kept up that rate, be- coming gradually strong and robust by the simple methods just prescribed. But I have no doubt but he would, within a year, have had complete collapse, and perhaps have died vic- tim to errors in diststic habits and 8 lack of knowledge of the simplicity of the methods of cure practiced by the Home Health club. ...
 His case had been pronounced con- sumption. of the wasting variety, and have no doubt he would have died of that disease, so-called, if left to his own resources or in the hands of those who confined the diet of their pa- tients to the particular cereal or vege- tarian foods manufactured by their managers.
 Another element which enters strongly into the cure of such cases, is that of suggestion and cheerfulness. Where the surroundings all have depressing effect and a long and dole full look is upon the face of the doc tors, nurses and employees. or. if sim liar conditions exist at the home of the family and friends, there is but little hope for recovery. but changing that to an atmosphere of brightness, confidence, will change the condition of such hopeless ones for the better. Then supply generous mixed diet, with an abundance of water, and a life mostly out of doors, with good ventilation when indoors. Take proper exercise. and consump- ton of that kind quickly vanishes.
 have so far in my experience found it a most excellent plan b adapt the diet to the condition and individual as find them, regardless of the rules and regulations laid down in the text books, keeping ever before me, of course. the fact that experience has proven that there are some kinds of foods that are absolutely incompatible with certain conditions and must not be used.
 In one of my recent lectures upon the subject of foods. discussed the matter of the necessary chemical con- stituents. and also gave the names and quantities of foods such as may be found in almost any home. These foods. upon analysis. give the proper chemical clements required by the sys- tenn. although some of them. notably beer and bacon. are of such a nature that there may be substituted some other food to the advantage of the sys- tenn as we'll as finance. For instance. the fats that come from beef, mutton. cream or nuts are much more whole some than that obtained from bacon. and are not so hard to digest. In my opinion. bacon is the least harmful of all the pork products. but it should be used on the principle of the less the better.
 Beer. as I have many times before if made from malt and hops. is not an urhealthful drink. being less