Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-08
Health Talks by DR.. Brady
The rropnga,ion OF Fond ru,,ncrcs.


Her" is the first item OF INSTRUMENTATION
harren To select from one of the latest and
best text books dealing, with diet ("Bic, in
Eeaith and Disease" Fricdenwald ana iuhrah
published hs W. l.. Saunders Company, Phil:-
dolphin. 1870:
Grapes contain large amount Of water
and considerable sugar, besides salts of
sodium. potassium. magnesium calcium and
ron. When thoroughly ripe they are very
d:gcstihle. and form Il useful addition To the
invalid diet The habit of SWALLOWING tho
skins and seeds OF grapes is most pcrnicious,
as Intestinal irritation is often brought ;,bou,
i'm this way
So far as l know. there nothing wrong
about this except the last sentence. which
represents a sad lsaciice in medical book
king for the idea conveyed is merely some
antique theory found in the older text hooks.
which these young; authors consulted Tor ma :
'"'''' Tor Their own book, and passed along
because 1t seemed traditional. not because
II was reasonably true, or Scicn,iiicaily dem
"ustrat"d or oven corroboratcd by common
experience. i'ricGenwaId and Huhrahs book
rs second to none from the scion, lilc .Iu, prac-
'.'i' POINTS oil view, but yet II fairly bristlcs
with all sorts OF inexcusuble errors for a
book intended as "a text for students of mcdi-
enc. nope 40 iayman will go so far wrong
''s l" ncruSc or consult such book in the
quest for authoritative information. for who
ever u"cS So, without being forcarmcd by
solid knowledge OF the subject Will not un-
''"''y IN" h'inSci quarrclinS with good food
for no good reason ut NIL
For years lived and nrac,iccd in the CRANE
belt ana fool that was. / seldom ate a crane
JUST as never wet n line when l lived on the
I'Nr Wherc tn" finest trout in America arc
caught but l practiccd among vincyardists
and thor families and helpers, and never
have known OF any such horrible thing as
intestinal Irritation" from eating the seeds
or skins Of grapes. Every one who ate grapes
Hbera!lE al" the seeds with thu. grapes OF
course: n"w ana then Il good. sensible per
son ate III" skins with the grapes; only a
rare n"nr"tic OK freak Of aou:. gort--vrut
!" the trouble Of excluding the seeds from the
hr"ptS ne atc--hut not from fear Of this nIys-
tcIious Intestinal irritation" these detetic
authors mention; the poor soul was usually
aiia.d the seeds might cause appendicitis
which every doctor knows grape seeds never
do cause
NN'h one eats grapes. one should at least
eat the seeds with the grapes: and If there
Is any habiiuaI costivcness one will do well
TO eat the skins. too. az course tho cranes
should he carefully washed before they are
eaten.
have soen many sici,y individuals who
were Tar uhd"rwcght and in miserable health
gam steadily in weight and general condition
packing and eating grapes in tho autumn
This affords many young women o,herwis.
nh'hI" 1" enjoy an outing In the country with
pay for pleasant and healthful work
Shail have more 10 say about cranes and
dried grapes traisuSp in another talk Here
VII! merely add that perhaps u Nrtlc Of
ihHt dread Intestinal irritation" ia wba,
"""Ut hin"-tcnths of scdcntary Americans
sorciy need.