Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-24
Foods That Are Recommended
and Are Opposed.
PAPER BY MISS F. i. WILBUR
Minimum of Carbohydrates and
Phosphates Favored.
WHAT EXPERIENCE TEACHES
Undertaking Gives Greater Liabil-
ity to tuberculosis, It Is Declared,
Than Does Overlooking.

ity to tuberculosis, It Is Declared,
Than Does Overlooking.
DtscOurses are to be delivered in the
pulpits of many churches in Washington
| and throughout the country next Sunday
| upon the effort for the eradication of
| tuberculosis.
The question OF diet will be considered.
| A paper by Miss F. I. Wilbur of this
city, recently published, gives much val
liable information on the subject.
IF the Importance of food as a factor
In the development and cure of chronic
diseases was more generally recognized -
she says. cooking schools would
supplement or be postgraduate
course for even college educa-
ton. for a course in domestic science
would be considered Indispensable
to the complete education of either
man or woman. In the interests Of pub
lie health men as well as women should
be taught the science of nutrition and
the effects of various foods on the sys-
tenn, so that even where it was unnec-
essary for them to do the cooking them
selves they would know better how to or
der suitable flood for their consumption
either at hore or in hotels or restaurants.
The great Importance of the proper choice
and preparation Of foods and their rela-
ton to the problems of health and dis
ease led Detweiler to say my kitchen is
my pharmacy This should be the POSI-
ton of the kitchen in every well regu-
lated household.
Appetite Reasonably Safe Guide.
LAS rule the appetite is reasona bly,
safe guide for person in normal health.
The palate seems to be sort of general
h usekeeper of the system, receiving
telegraphtc limitations from the various
parts of the body as to what sort OF
food they crave and which Of the foods
offered for their consideration contain
the mineral constituents which they need
and can accept, but this palate house
keeper is SO often abused and disregarded
that it is not always faithful In Its duty,
an Indigestion results. Malnutrltlon from
improper diet or overlooking as well as
from lack of food brings in It's train a.
predisposition to host of other ills.
Fever and plague are well known to
follow in the footsteps OF famine. me
epidemic ophthalmia so prevalent in
oriental countries also selects the under
fed for it's preferred victims. The potato
famine in Ireland was followed by
liability to relapsing fever and typnus
from the undertaking which the famine
usual and striking result OF underreed-
ing. 1t also affects the mind aid 1ncl!nes
one to impulsive. irrational and even
violent and self-destructive acts. 1t Is
common saying that "a hungry man is an
angry man and that the way to reach a
mans heart is to feed him we'll.
Hutchinson says that deficient diet.
like all morbid conditions both corporeal
and mental, is a vtiating and degenerat-
ing influence. Famine is naturally, the
mother of crimes and vices not only OF
such sort as will satisfy the gnawlng de-
sire for food, but Of general violence and
lawlessness, ill temper. avarice' lust and
cruelty.
Peril of Undertaking.
."ro this arraignment It may be added
that besides insanities of various degrees
underfeeding or malnutrition from any
cause has q tendency to lead to tnoercu-
losis, alcoholism. scurvy, suicide and IN
tense selfishness. All of these defects are
as often noted among the very rich. whose
purses allow them to indulge excessively
in all sorts of agreeable but unsuitable or
indigestible food as they are noted among
the very poor, who cannot AFFORD to ouy
enough of any food. much less buy the
food they crave.
"Underfeeding or partial starvation
gives an even greater Liability to tuoer-
culosis than does overlooking Hutchinson
says that the association between bad
feeding and phthisis and scrofula is VIII
established. and that diabetes living in a
! chronic state of partial bodily starvation
are especially liable to tuberculosis.
"a German scientist seems to have orig
mated the expression common among
medical men that every human being Is
little tuberculous. and the fact that tn. r.
culous LESSONS. mostly healed. can be
found In the bodies Of practically every
one who dies above the age of thirty-f1ve
makes the consideration of the prevention
of tuberculosis or it's cure by proper treat
ment and Authorization matter of great
and universal Importance, especially to
the housekeepers Of homes where any
members Of the household have a hereAI-
tary or acquired predisposition to tuber-
culosis.
Dietaries. A Manual Of Clinical Dietetics,
London, 1905. p 90 that phthisis Is es-
sentialy a wasting disease and the great
object of all treatment. dietetic. thera-
peutic and climatic, is to raise the nutri-
ton.
Diet of First Importance.
"Osler says that as a healing of tu-
berculous process is largely dependent
upon the state of nutrition, the question
Of diet becomes o fthe very first impor-
lance. 1t is also said that "a good diet
and fresh air at home are to be preferred
to starvation in d suitable climate. Don't
spend too much money on railroad fare
and too little on food
DR. Thomas Mays of Philadelphia has
ably maintained that consumption Is pri-
marily a disease of the Wagons or pneu-
mogastric nerve, which is a regulator of
the heart. lungs and stomach and is close
~ connected with the Oxygenation proc
esses In the body There is much to be
said in favor Of this idea. for consump-
tives certa My show symptoms of pro-
gressive deoxygenation, and consequent
carbonic acid poisoning Of the system.
Others have claimed that the develop
ment of consumption is due to insuffi-
cient functioning Of slowly dying me-
dulla. AS the medulla oblongata contains
various centers. including the center Of
lung respiration, the center of the or
gans Of circulation. the center for GER
tain movements and secretiOns of the ALI
mentary canal, and the center for the
secretion of sweat and tears. all of which
are more or less affected in tuberculosis.
it Is more than probable that a relation
can be shown to exist between the condi.
ton of the medulla and the central
nervous system and the symptoms of tu-
berculosis. The medulla is also said to
have an evident part in the regulation of
carbohydrate metabolish. and it is note
worthy that In certain stages Of tubercu-
losis the digestion of carbohydrates be-
comes difficult and distressing
Rest and Fresh Air.