The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-03
Distinguished Physician
Discusses New. Treat
mentOf tuberculosis
VEGETABLE JUICES
EFFECTIVE, HE SAYS.
Agrees With Dr.. Russell, Of New
York,, Who Claims to Have
Cured Eleven People.
What He Thinks
About Use Of
Beer.

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New York Hcrad) III
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~ LONDON September 2-somc@ rat thcr
( start!ins theories as TO the use Of ccr-t
tain remedial agents in the treatment OF
tuberculosis were stated by Dr.. j osiah
oldficld, Of Harley street, when inter
viewed on the subject OF the treatment
Of consumption by the Juices OF vege-
tables. as lEresult Of which Or. RUSSELL,
!. or New York. according to aJcable dis
patch published here. Claims 10 have
( cured eleven patients.
DIR. Oldfield is of recognized position
and Influence. He Is not only Ilccn-
I tinte or the Royal College Of Physicians
and q member OF the Royal College
\ OF Surgeons. OF london, but Is \Aiso
* possessed OF the degree of D. &c. H., o his
university. Oxford. and Is bnrrlster-at-
law OF Lincolns Inn. He has written
n5numbcr Of books on tuberculosis, starch
4 us q food in nature, the claims OF COM
I, mon lie and the penalty Of death, and
has contributed to the British Medical
Journal papers on such kindred uues-
tion as diet in relation 70 cancer.
II am very anxious. said Or. Oldfield.
q" that people should not run away with
= tho false idea that they arc going to be
cured by the Juices OF vegeta bIcs, In the
same way that the world thought con-
4 (sumptive patients we're going to be cured
BY Or. Kochs serum. @
cat the same time. I have been for a
number of years In charge OF the Lad s.
II Margaret Frutarian Hospital, at Brom-.
Z ley. Kent, and. while we do not take In 4
q any cases or advanced Tuberculosis, feel
3 we are in a special position TO jud sc or
N the value OF vegetable Juices In nsump-
" ton. ~. 81 tss$ 5 u. H.,s$ s
Where Dr.. Russell is Right.
"Dr. Russell's claim Is that the best
way to treat tuberculosis is to increase
tho combatiye power Of the blood cpr-
pusces. and therein + think he is light.
y Our experience has distinctly been that
the right use Of fruits and fvegeta BILE
Juices is OF tho utmost Importance In
Increasing the stamina OF tho blood cor
A puscles OF the body. 81 &
u have come to- look upon flesh food
as largely n stimulant and. therefore,,
Z valuable in case OF emergency, like alco-
I, hol. On the othor hand, certain num-
4 berf of fruits and vegetables arc spc-
cialiy feeding. and, therefore, essen TALLY
nutritious. put raisins In first OF all
foods that l know of.
l8 After raislns come apples, pears and
their juices, IN the form OF sweet cider
4 and sweet perry. Both arc practically
non-alcohol!c. Then, of vege bles. my
4 experience has been that carrots are
best of all to usc and to use raw, ana at
the same time grated. not Chopped or
other vegetables, watercress Is also good.
ION the question of cooking the reason
why cooked vegetables have not the same
effect as raw vegetables is largely owing
to the fact that the water In which
vegetables have been boiled. and which
contains the chief salncs OF Vegetables,
& has been thrown away. The proper way
x 10 cook vegetables. IL you want to retnin
# their curative value, Is to retain the
water In which they are cooked or to
steam them without water. do not look
upon liquor of grains as ono Of the most
as they are liable to disease themselves.
Beer Good Drink.
81 am quito at one with DR.. Russell
that the cure of consumption rests on.in-
crcasng the digestive capacity and I'M
proving its nutrition. There Is. however,
a. further polnt-and on this probably
temperance people may misunderstand
me. hut II am bound to say it's look
upon liquor Of gains as one OF the most
& 5important causes of the stamina of the
English people: that Is to say, the beer
3 of old England
"ro my mind 1t is not the alcohol IN
beer, but Its salts, which are obtained
/ from barley, wherein consists no merit
~ the beverage. here are two things
which / consider very valuable In pro-
noting tho growth of the English race
One has been beer and the other mas
,hcen the old English dish of#'furnenty,' Of
made of barley corn,
~ specially want to emphasize the fact
that the beer originally drunk was much
i ,,nro ~ tho nature of barley ten thnntis
j. ~
Y (Contnued on Second Pngc,)