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these children nre always sucking them. Give a negro infant a niece of stigaf-dane to 

 suck, and the impoverished in ilk of his mother is tasteless to him. This salubrious 

 luxury soon changes his appearance. Worms are discharged ; his enlarged belly and 

 joints diminish ; his emaciated limbs increase ; and, if canes were always ripe, he vvoi . i 

 never be diseased, I have often seen old, scabby, waste 1 n.'groes, crawl from the h it- 

 houses, apparently half dead, in crop-time, and by sucking canes ail day long, they 

 wool soon become strong, fat, and sleaky. 



" Th& restorative power of sugar., in wasted and deca}-ed habits, is recorded by se- 

 veral physicians, in different parts>ot\the world. I have known many people", far ad- 

 vanced in aniropniary consumption, recovered by the juice of the sugar-cane. 



" A friend of mine, a clergvmah 'in Shropshire, has favoured me with a very inte- 

 resi ' , u, it of a cure performed by the list of sug r, io such a diseased state of the 

 Inns , ajjis generally denominated a complsj i consumption " 



After relating that : various methods had failed, and all hopes of recovery lost. Dr. 

 M )3l8y continues the reiatvpti in the gentleman's own words : " I did not take to the 

 use of sugari until I was re luc I to so weak a condition as to be unabie to take any 

 thing else.. Sugar was never prescribed for me byanyphysici n; but, being very 

 thirsty from the fever, I had a great inclination for spring water; wh?ch~ I uas not pe r- 

 niitt .! ;o i ;e.e, by the affectionate relative wfeo' nursed me, without sotiie muscoyad 

 taiga: - , a little ginger, and a puce of toasted bread in it. Is. n be 'ame cxtiemely 

 fond of the'saccharine taste, and used to sweeten the water to excess. I did not take 

 it as n medicine, rior confine mysi if to any specific quantity : but always used it, when 

 m appetite or inclination s rued io require it. However, I at length used it in a con- 

 siderable quantity.; some d _\s to the amount, I believe, of e i.n-es; and that, 

 with the small portion of toasted bread put into my drink, was tlu principal pan of my 

 sustenance durins the greatest part of :. . Ive \ ears ; nor did it cease to be so uniil my 

 stomach became strong, and capable of bearing; animal fool" IV. Mosele\ adds, 

 " He continued in good health from the"preeeding period until the month of April, 

 1793, when, in consequence of a neglected; cold, he had a return of ail his former 

 dangerous symptoms ;,but, by recurring' to bis old regimen, he was again restored to 

 health, in about six months time, excepting in strength ; which he recovered Oy de- 

 grees. He is now in better health than he ever was before in Ids life. 1800.?' 



Li another place, the Doctor observes, '' aged peop e, who hav no te< th, and whose 

 digestive faculties are impaired, and as incapable as those of infants, may, like infants, 

 live tin sugar I could produce many instances where aged people have been supported 

 nianv years by scarcely any thing but sugar. 



" Taken in tea, milk, and beer, it has been found not only sufficient to sustain na- 

 ture, but has caused lean people to grow fat, and has increased the vigour of their bo- 

 dies. The late king of Sardinia ate a great quantity of sugar daily. He ate it by itself; 

 without dissolving it, or mixing it with any thing. It was his chief food. After his 

 death his body was opened, and all his viscera were perfectly sound. 



" The great Di'.e of Beatif rt, as he was called, win died about an hundred years 

 ago, at the awe. of seventy, was opened ; his viscera was found in the same manner, as 

 perfect as in a person of twenty ; with his teeth white and firm. He had for fort) sears 

 before his death used a pound of sugar daily, in his wine, chocolate, and sweetmeats. 



" Slare says, his grandfather, M Malory, was strong and chearful in his eighty se- 

 cond year ; at which rime bis hair changed somewhat dark; his old teeth came oHt, 

 pushed away by young ones ; which continued so to do until he had a new set of teeth 



complete. 



