Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-25
NEW CURE FOR
CONSUMPTION
Treatment Said TO have Proved
Its Efficacy Vegetable
Juices Its Principle.
TRIED WITH SUCCESS.

NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-All the promi-
nent physicians in New York received
under the seal of professional secrecy
IN announcement that the New York
Postgraduate hospital had in it's pos
session the secret of a compound of
fluids extracted from vegetables which
had been proved to be after careful eX-
p~erimentation and study a cure for
consumption, TO DR.. John Il. Russell
is given credit for the discovery, which,
If it shall produce the results for which
he hopes, will be Il step far ahead OF
Jenner's in vaccination.
DR.. Russell does not profess that his
method is entirely new, o does the
Postgraduate hospital, the faculty of
which is ultraconseryative, proclaim
that an absolute cure has been discov-
cred for the most extensive Scourge
which has afflicted the human race.
The treatment of tuberculosis, especial
ly the pulmonary type, has been n
study in the Postgraduate ever since
its establishment, and DR.. Russell has
been the principal advocate of nutrition
as opposed to medication.
His idea has been to build up the
patient with strength derived from
well asSimilated foods rather than the
employment of indictments designed
to destroy the bacillus of the disease.
In carrying out his theory he has dis
covered, he believes, that the use of
tIAn ,y;n4n,ap,,nn Nf 1Nrtoi, Vrnorof,l.Ing
rather than animal products is the
proper form of what might be termed
extra nutrition.
In the paper sent to physicians and
which practically is indorsed by the
Postgraduate hospital, where the won
derful successes have been made, DR..
Russell says:
Il am convinced that the vegetable
fluid is a valuable addition to diet, but
feel that six months observation is
not a sufficient period to justify me nj
speaking positively of its full value.
AS an investigator merely it would be
more agreeable to wait until the end
of the year, but l do not feel justified
in Withholding longer an account of
it's use i'll these experiments. because
the results so far are so favorable, the
number of persons suffering from pull
monary tuberculosis is and
the need of relief is pressing"
The manner in winch this 'bnilding
up food is prepared is described brief
ly by DIR. Russell. He uses potatoes,
onions, beets, turnips, celery, sweet
potatoes, apples, carrots. p%ineapples,
parsnips, rhubarb, squash, tomatoes,
spinach, radishes, string beans and
peas with the pods. These vegetables
and fruits in the raw state are scrub
bed first with brushes in fresh water,
then mixed. chopped and put into a
grinding machine.
1.-The machines are designed to tear
and grind the mass rather than to cut
it up" says DIR. Russell. "a peanut
butter making device is used. The
mechanism consists of two metal disks.
ribbed and facing each other. One of
them revOlves. Tile coarse vegetable
matter is fed in at the center and aft
er travelling the width of the plates es-
capes at the circumference. The hand
machines are not expensive, can be adj
iusted on any table and are easily kept
clean"
Pure air, floods of sunshine and prop
err food are the cardinal principles of
the cure, which has been demonstrated
in eleven eases in the Postgraduate hos
pital, and the greatest Of these is the
food.