Milk as an Article of Diet.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1666, 24 March 1886, Page 2

Milk as an Article of Diet.

.(Truth.] i }[ There- has been i merriment :ih. the bid hulls ot Engla»d_abont honest Hodge and, the cow.; , I-am almosfc a Hindoo! m my veneration for fhat animal, SRiipm I regard as the f pster-'mo ther of rnankipd; : - Tl^e doctors 'are beginning to discover her valuev not only -f 6t bkbies : but 'for adults. : But' houise-fedH cows are only' #ood .fo^.the undertakers! trade, because they are sure. to diffuse -. consumption.' The other day I wen.t.to .see an -English friend, who , , tad, been ; sundering- f roth a : sharp attack Of goiit. He was taken with 'it here; 'On hi? way/ttf ' Cannes', and thouglit hirritfelf tdd ilf ever' to recover. There were twinges everywhere. Each essential organ became. in turn the seat of the ..disease; and his, spirits were |de pressed and : his brain foggy*. An ordinary doctor mildly suggested 'a 'lacteal diet, but asjjbe--patient hated milk; he reftised to "'accept liis " regimen.: : A specialist was then 1 called m. He said meat and wine — not excepting Bordeaux- 1 -^■aro, m .your, present state, ;rank -poison. You must take.no tea, coffee, or other stimulant^pr; .ten days. Your fpod is to be nuilk every three fiourp. If you find it too heavy," mix it with Hautari ye- Vichy. f Vary it, ioo, by having it mixed with iginroncp^leek soups, or With: eggs done'lffl;«ia;;:^lr*6ffie. I have had pationts w.hq'^were^half suffocated gouty mattpih their blood, and others who thougHirtheirVbrains were softening. This treatment-- cured them m a short? rtime. Milfe if food m its mos;t Serfectr ;.form| and shbuld be regarded iTsfa staple< aliment by old and q young. M. Bar--i theleniy Sit..rHilarie, -^nojia.as old as iM. Greyy, ,ha»; lived for,, years chiefly lon milk. ."He^keeps a hornless goat which gives him' nearly thre& quarts a r da'y; |An old woman is hired to take the anim'aT regularly sfor, a walki'. r and iio^give;it- fresh grass. r 7M;.;:St. Hilaire does ndiwear a great-coat -however; .iucleti^ent. T the. weather. /; He walks from Pasay to. Senate and r lnstitute,. whe.h he has"'busin^ss ■ aridj'fcack' ; has ridden in^a wjieejled, vehicle since lie "was Foreign' " STinister, is free from every infirmity 6f'bld r age, and -gets -up every-moraing -to work! at "his translation of Aristotle, of which ] lie. |has yet, seven .volumes to. get through". |He thinks that/.mpst «f "theJUlsL/to which jtlie, rjch aje Rtib je|jf ;corne : of ea tiiig and ;driin.kipgui|tpo rn^&; and Jrying^;hiive ;mpre;iKatt;iheir sjHareipf'enjpymeiif. j