Lemons as a Medicine.
' Lcmonauk is the very best drink I know to quench tljiisfc, and befide^ that it cures any number of minor di-ordeis,' temarkei a well-known }>hysician in the hearing of a 1 Mail and 'Express' reporter. 'The juice of the lemon contains a certain amount of citric acid which diminiohes the lectctinns of tlio gastric juice but increases in, a large decree r-ho secretions ot saliva. The very thought of a lemon is sufficient to mako the mouth water. Lemon juice drank immediately bofore a meal will be found very advantageous as apreventative of heartburn. The United States is perhaps the greatest consumer of lemons in the world. One hundred thousand boxes of lemons are used every week. Each box contains fiom 300 to 375 lemon?. New Yoik is the principal point of distribution. Lemons range in price according to the conditions of the temperature. Very often the price of lemons vary more that the fluctuation of the wheat market. At the present time they are commanding $5 a box. Nearly all the lemons that are cold in the United .States are raised on the Jslnnd of .Sicily. Lemons are more used for medical purposes than ever before.'
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 324, 12 December 1888, Page 6
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201Lemons as a Medicine. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 324, 12 December 1888, Page 6
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