THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
cue faijm: o? the egg,
I
THESIS ON ITS VAULE AS A
HEALTH FOOD.
Wllllnm . V )y, M. !.. of ISocheaUr, N. Y.,
ilvm Hum li.termtlnit lnrttcii1ar of
tlin Yne of tli '-Jif A,J to M di
et iiu in Hl I'iikI'.
I o!T;.'r a n.iio on the free use of eggs
ns food, in tel.cicd cases of acute nd
chronic disease.
Somo faur ytv.ra ago, a neurasthenic
patkn: i:i a private toora, at the Ho
Chester City lk-?;:!al. upbraided me,
after s'lx weeks of treatment by rest,
m:.63Li?e. rlertrlcity. and, what I then
though!, liberal feuding, affirming that
she was no tstrongcr than when she
first came under my care. Medicinal
tonics only lucre:;fed her nervous
irritability and depression. I then be
pah to Increase her food uj) to the
point of tolerance, administering the
sanio at laiervals of two hours, night
and day. Aficr a few days I discard
ed all medicine and succeeded In giv
ing sixteen raw t.ggs and four quarts
of milk every twenty-four hours. Im
provement was cocn apparent with
marked gain In weight; and complete
con!tlosrpii"e fallowed In eight weeks.
For many years the tolerance of tha
Jut man stomach for fool in certain con
ditions of acutp and chronic disease,
l.ad been noted by me. The case brief
ly outlined, ngnin called attention to
tho subject, and repeated observations
havo proven fiat the stomach and di
gest I vo tract In many cites of Illness
can bo systematically trained to re
ceive and avslntUate a surprisingly
large aniourtt of liquid fcod. far ex
ceeding that which In health would be
tolerated. While it Is a matter of com
mon practii.e to give milk and broth
freely in many cases not all physi
cians have prescribed raw eggs for
tltelr patients in the numbers which I
li t ve been well borne and apparently
i indiiclve to recovery. My plea Is,
therefore, not for the egg the value
of which as foo l Is universally ad
mittedbut for its ndmlr.istratlon In
selected ca.ies in numbers which may
to some appear fabulous. Philosophers
are not as reed about the doctrine,
"orane vlviun ex ovc," and I may add
that It Is not yet determined to what
extent life can be sustained by the egg.
Those oft quoted experiments upon the
stomach nf Alexis St. Martin, prove
that the raw egg Is one of the most
readily digested articles of diet. It Is
almost always at hand, may be had
clean and uneontaminated, and does
not require the sterilization now de
manded for milk. Can you think of
any more concentrated food, or of any
equivalent for the two ounces of nu
triment of the average egg? Besides
milk and beef Juice, I have frequently
prescribed a raw egg an hour twenty
four whc'.e eggs a day in serious con
ditions of nervous exhaustion; and
in the progress of pneumonia, diph
theria and fevers marked by high tem
perature and rapid waste. This num
ber Is at times well borne, and has
often lessened the necessity for alco
holic stimulants. Eggs may be taken
in various ways, soft boiled, shaken
with milk, but most easily. I think,
raw, from a tumbler in which they are
freehly dropped from the shell. The
patient is instructed to swallow the
yolk, enveloped In Its membrane, and
floating in its albumen. Passing over
the tongue, the yolk elongates, fits the
pharynx and oesophagus in the act of
swallowing, and the mouth Is left clean
and free from any taste. Some moral
force on the part of the patient, nurse
and doctor, may be required to over
come a repugnance to the treatment
referred to. As a rule, I have had no
difficulty in making my patients amen
able to r.iywill in tho matter. He is
the most successful physician, gener
ally speaking, who wills his patient to
do what he deems necessary in the
serious emergencies of sickness. This
is the "mind cure." and the "faith
cure," in which I emphatically believe.
With the numerous lengthy clinical
records bearing on the administration
of eggs in numbers which may be
thought fabulous, I do not purpose to
weary you. Briefest reference to a
few cases at the present time must
suffice.
Mrs. H. Xerasthenia, aggravated
case of long standing, took fifteen eggs
and one callon of milk dally, for six
weeks. Recovery.
.Mrs. M. Similar case, took twenty
four eggs and a gallon of milk and
chocolate dally for eight weeks. Re
covery. Mrs. r. Wifo of an intelligent phy
sician. Extreme neurasthenia; men
tal depression marked: insanity fear
ed; treitmeir begun at Rochester City
Hoeplinl. 1Y.2. Medicines discard
ed as wot:,' tiiaa useless; eggs milk
and choir.! -to. systematically admin
istered Ly ray and night nurse; Im
provement .-low: patjent after ten
weflt3 talir him? where the treat
ment was cnni i'.pied. Her husband
wrote me la October of her complete
recovery, ar. 1 stated that from Sep
tember 2. :2. to September 3, 1893,
she had taken S.'hiij eggs. He felt cer
tain ("nut th had been an Important
factor In tii ricovery of a case with a
dark cut look.
Miss V. Advanced consumption,
1891. Hectic fever. Taken from bed
where she had been confined for
months, and placed In a bed in a spe
cially constricted carriage, the object
being to keep her out of door as many
hcurs daily as possible. Eggs and
milk were pushed to the point
of tol-rar.ee. She gradually gain
ed weight and Btrength, sat up
and drove herself and carried her food
in the carriage She took fifteen eggs
daily for a year 5.175 In 3C5 days. Her
treatment has now gone on for over
three years the eega lessened In the
piir.t year. She cTighn constantly, and
has advanced tubercular disease
might be said to be a saturated tuber
cular patient, kept alive by an ln
ifonltablo will power and by a heroUm
in living out r.f doers in all kinds of
werther, and In taking food in amounts
that havo a.itcnUhed me. As to egga
Blir has ben aa exemplary patient.
Y.'.Hi V. Consumption. Fifteen to
twenty-four eins daily, marked Im
provement in vfiirht and strength.
Mr. C T inVlieria. Keen with Dr.
J:rher. To I: :. -g an hour for sev
ir n 1 d a y ? . I: , c v c-.r y .
Mrs. C ;.o hitter City Hospital.
Ac-.ua ero:'p '.d pneumonia. Twenty
,'our c;;3 (':, Uy for four days. Recovery.
Mrs. C Seen wllh Dr. McCanley.
Acute pneumonia. Fifteen to eighteen
eggs a day for several days. Recov
ery. Miss B. Severe case of typhoid fe
ver, pulse 130, temperature 104 de
grees for several days. Beginning
with eggs and milk, the amounts of
each were gradually increased until
thlrty-slx e(;gs and five quarts of milk
were taken In twenty-four hours, and
this amount of food was taken daily
for one week, then gradually reduced
as fever subsided. Recovery.
Many cases similar to above might
bo given, but those cited will furnish
an Idea of the varied disorders in
which eggs are tolerated.
It Is to bo understood that in every
Instance they have been used for their
supporting and restorative Influence.
In proportion as they have been well
borne, stimulants hnve been found un
necessary. Milk, chocolate and broth,
and Btich medication as was Indicat
ed, have been prescribed In connection
with eggs. Although some patients
have died while taking eggs, I can
think of no case In which death was
due to their liberal use. It Is certain
that numerous patients have recovered
from serious and alarming Illness, or
their lives have been definitely pro
longed by taking eggs. The best test
of their nutritive value Is not their
chemical analysis In the laboratory,
but their vital chemistry shown In
their tissue building capacity, for out
of them are rapidly constructed the
cartilage muscle nervous and vascular
systems, and all of the varied struc
tures which enter Into the composition
of a large class of feathered verte
brates, ranking In nature next to the
mammalia.
If you give egss to your patients, do
not be chicken-hearted in their em
ployment. l)o not fear the production
of albuminuria from the Ingestion of
a large amount of egg albumen. In
the case of typhoid fever referred to,
acute nephritis coexisted, and the al
bumen and casts disappeared from the
fae urine while thlrty-Blx eggs a day
were being taken.
In many other cases, tests of urine
showed no albuminuria with the "egg
tin hour" practice. It will generally
be found impossible to give eggs free
ly without the aid of a trained nurse.
So far as results are concerned, I
would rather deal with a poor stom
ach managed by a good nurse, than
with a good stomach under the direc
tion of a weak unmethodical nurse,
who could not give a moral propulsion
to her food and medicine. Often the
treatment must be pursued with the
regularity of a time-table by night as
well as by day.
Notwithstanding all possible efforts,
nausea and vomiting and diarrhoea
may often be produced, and the physi
cian may be thwarted In his object.
He will then try the white of eggs
alone, variously combined, or will sus
pend them altogether. I have given
the whites of forty-eight eggs dally
for many days to a patient In the criti
cal stages of Typhoid fever.
Please remember that I am not ad
vocating a fad, specific, or "cure nil,"
nor suggesting any orlginnl or untried
method, nor urging the indiscrimin
ate administration of an article of
diet to your patients. They may be
only a small number of physicians
present who have not appreciated the
nutritive value of the egg liberally
administered. I am addressing them,
and I would urge that In some of their
chronic cases of exhausted nerve cen
tres, and In those acute critical cases
which from time to time come under
their care, and tax their resources for
maintaining life until diseased pro
cesses can expend themselves they
should throw away their tonics, and
possibly stimulants, and should grad
ually lead the stomachs of their pa
tients up to the egg an hour practice.
Gentlemen, the early Christians saw
in the egg, the symbol of the Resur
rection, and this symbol may be con
verted into a veritable Easter for some
of your patients, by what at first
thought some may deem the fabulous
Resurrection power of the egg.
GARDEN AND ORCHARD.
Look well Into the young nursery
stock. Many diseases of trees are
brought Into the orchard from the
nursery at the time the young trees
are purchased.
Put in the early beets and parsnips
as soon as the ground permits. They
are crops that never should be delay
ed, and should also bo forced by the
liberal use of manure.
Crisp radishes are obtained by forc
ing them to grow rnpidly. Put the seed
in rich ground that was heavily man
ured laBt year, and work the soil deep
and fine before planting the seed.
The recent -alsfortune to Southern
truck farms by the frosts will prob
ably raise price" for fruits and vege
tables In this region. Our Northern
growers shall endeavor to get their
produce In market as early as possible.
Pear trees that are forced to grow
rapidly from the start are more liable
to be affected by blight than those that
come on more slowly. For that rea
son a crop of grass, grown In the pear
orchard occasionally, has been bene
ficial. The flower garden should be culti
vated by the women of the family, us
ing light tools, as they take more in
terest in flowers than do the men. An
hour's work outdoors every day will
Improve the health. Anything that
will Induce outdoor exercise should
be accepted.
The supposition that an orchard will
thrive with small applications of fer
tilizers has deprived farmers of fields
which would have been possible with
a larger amount of plant food. What
Is most desirable In orchards Is pot
nsh, and It will not be extravagant to
apply as much as 1,000 pounds per
acre.
Green peas are readily salable at all
seasons of the year. Recently one of
the largest vessels that ever came into
Philadelphia brought hundreds of tons
of canned "French" peas from Eng
land. Tbey did not differ In the least
from the kind grown In this country
every year. Why cannot farmers grow
peas In largo quantities for canning
purposes. By co-operative effort an
outfit for canplng peas could be Intro
duced In every community, not only
providing a profit to growers but also
affording employment to many In plpk
lug and hulling the peas.
ABOUT THE FARM.
Milking machines continue to be
patented, but none of them appear to
nave con.e Into general use.
The dairyman commits an Injurious
act against his fellowmen when he
leaves the carcass cf a dead animal
tinburled In the cow pasture, or dally
m'.lks with manure-begrimed hand.
Doolltte says in Gleanings that If
you give a prolific queen eight frames
and then Increase as she needs them
to thirty frames, she'll lay G,000 to 6,000
eggs dally through most of the laying
season and die at eighteen to twenty
months old.
To keep or get the weevil out of
garden seed, pour a little coal oil (kero
sene) In the seed box among the pack
ages. It won't injure the growing
qualities of the seed, but it "demor
alizes" the bugs.
A colt should never be otherwise
than gentle and accustomed to halter,
bridle and saddle, cart, sled, or har
row from the time he Is a month old.
Let the children train him, but don't
call it the boy's colt and when grown
"father's horse."
A tree growing In a good, rich soli
Is much more certain of yielding a
good crop of fruit under all. conditions
than the same kind of a tree growing
in a thin or worn out soil: and if gooti
fruit Is grown It will pay to use or
apply sufficient fertilizers to keep In
a good condition.
Late fruit Is obtained by mulching
the strawberries heavily in the winter
and keeping It on late In the spring,
and this could hardly be obtained in
any other way. Do not make the cov
ering so heavy that the plants will
rot, neither put it on until the ground
freezes.
Strawberries are the best of all bor
rles. Every man that owns a piece of
land should have a patch of strawber
ries. If your children cry for them
will you give them salt pork? Straw
berries should be set In May and
ground bone and wood ashes make the
best fertilizers. Prof. Munson.
Oats may be used as a portion of
the ration for poultry the year round,
and especially for the large Asiatic
varieties that are predisposed to put
on an excess of fat when fed In the
ordinary way. But we would recom
mend that the oats be good ami sound,
and first class in quality, otherwise
they will not do as a constant food.
Wood ashes Is a fertilizer particu
larly adapted to dry weather. In dry
seasons no fertilizer produces better
results on Btrawberries or potatoes.
As we cannot forecast the season, It
Is a satisfaction to know that they
have no bad effect should the season
be wet. This is one of the things
which oan be used on almost any
crop, on any land, at any time.
When plants are not mulched the
cool night air of the early spring, even
If It does not check growth, does not
advance it. A mulch admits air,
warmth and moisture, and shuts out
scorching sun and blighting wind. It
also prevents the escape of fertilizing
gases. It collects the heat rays of the
sun and retains them for the warmth
and growth of the plant during the
night season.
It has been ascertained by and ex
tended series of experiments that rye
and winter wheat will germinate in
soil, the temperature of which Is as
low as thirty-two degrees. Barley,
oats. flax, clover and peas will sprout
at thirty-five degrees. The turnip Is
as cold-blooded as the rye and winter
wheat, but the carrot needs thirty
eight degrees, and the bean forty de
grees before they will make tho in
itial effort to send the life-shoot in
search of air and light.
Experiments show that sheep of
seven to ten months old can be made
to gain fourteen pounds for every 100
pounds of digestible material con
sumed, while those of eighteen months
old will make a gain of but five pounds.
It Is difficult to get a profit from feed
ing old sheep, and any sheep can be
made to gain as much In ten weeks aa
Is usually done In five months. There
Is but one way to success.
Feed nothing but pure, sweet, clean,
wholesome food. Anything which
gives a taint or bad flavor to milk
should not be given to cows. If a
taint, or flavor in the milk is caused
by food it will be at Its worst when
drawn from the cow; if caused by
some fermentation it will grow worse
as the milk is kept. The remedy for
the latter Is cleanliness. Use scalding
water in washtng the utensils and
strainers.
Cure of Slock.
The slip-shod methods of stock car
ing by old-fashioned farmers are best
shown by their losses of early lambs.
Sheep were not bred to lamb until late
and even then it was expected as a
matter of course that more or less
lambs would perish from cold. Now,
good farmers have their ewes lamb In
midwinter and both ewe and lamb are
sheltered so warmly In basement
stables that very few are lost. Sheep
growers are now breeding improved
kinds of sheep, which have the habit
of dropping twins, and occasionally
triplets. The twin lamb needs some
extra feeding, but when sold In early
spring he well pays for this, while in
olden time one and sometimes both of
the twin lambs would be allowed to
perish in the cold.
Raiting Oulonn.
Over 600 bushels of onions have been
grown on an acre of land, yet 300
bushels make a good crop. They re
quire work from the start, and the
cost of labor will be quite an item.
They entail too much expense for or
dinary farmers. Yet, when we look
at the receipts, an acre of onions will
produce more in bushels than ten or
fifteen acres of wheat, and sell for
twice aa much per bushel.
Jtulae Rti'fcwheri-ie.
Prof. Troop says that 12 rows o!
strawberries, DO feet long, will give
an abundance, for any farmer's fam
ily. Such a bed ought to yield over
610 quarts of betrles, or 20 quarts a
day for days. But very few families
can find use for such quantities, and
yet the space called for Is only 40 by
50 feet. What farmer is there who
cannot afford that Bmall space to cul
tivate it?
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Butter per lb $ ,ao
Eggs per dozen I
Lard per lb iaI
Ham per pound., 2
Pork, whole, per pound .06
Beef, quarter, per pound ... 07 to .10
Wheat per bushel 80
Oats " " 4S
Rye " " 65
Wheat flour per bbl 3. Go
Hay per ton n.00 to 14.00
Potatoes per bushel .7c
Turnips " " a
Onions " " j'cl
Sweet potatoes per peck 95 to
Tallow per lb .1
Shoulder " " !u
Side meat"" ..' t0
Vinegar, per qt '. 07
Dried apples per lb 0,
Dried cherries, pitted l3
Raspberries
Cow Hides per lb i
Steer " " " ''ti
CalfSkin t'8
Sheep pelts 75
Shelled corn per I us ,75
Corn meal, cwt a oo
". " 1.20
Choo ' , a.
Middlings " 12l
Chickens per lb new , a
" "old a j
Turkeys " " t-
Geese " " ,'io
Ducks " '.io
Coal.
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