Pineapple for Diphteria.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 1, Issue 63, 2 September 1890, Page 3

Pineapple for Diphteria.

It is said tliat Nature Ws her own remedy for every if 11' to which; fl«sbJ Jil heir. Some of her remedies have not j yet been dißcoveredand!some;that;l|aye been, found out; have .nqfc. ally known. Medical ha|'|ori| souglajt for a : sovereign remedy, foif.inl Scourge" of 'y&t'tjiii' colored people ' of " Louisiana, and perhaps of other locftljtjios in have for yeara known and used a curfe which is remarkable for its simplicity.. Jt is nothing f]i)rtre #or Jess ;fchan/ Jhe" ! pure juice of the pineapple, ; , "The remedy is not mine;" said a gentleman, when interviewed, "it has been used by negroes' in theMßwamps down South for years; One of iny children was down withjdiphtheria and was in a critical condition, An, bid] coloured sti<\ l kftitfi rff J tyj#eMei Jajfeii 1 ' if we hai trieytjj t pjn?'a>pl« ju c<? ( We tried jt and the child got well. I Un . hundreds of f jMHR^/<-. fco, d my friends about,it of • a • cane atad >4\tf9s knew it" to"faik' Sou get pijnft-. appl*. Rqiieeze:outtlie l ,juice ! and let the, patient swallow it, The juice is of so corrosive a nature that it wills!cut out, diphtheric m,ueu» } and if you will take ftie fruit'before it h rip* an<j we m juice i throat is peTl \t tnakep the mjieus pembrane of 'his throat fjprel : AwMg #ow» who have tried the cure on my recommendation I may mention!' fram-il Ul ;the Board of Trade man, whose children were all curod by this remedy!^';' confirmed . th« Tribune. ..■■■,.>w-i«i\ j