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with such glorious progressiveness! First comes the strawberry, like a blush 

 on the cheek of Mother Earth; then the berries and vegetables of more vigor- 

 ous growth; then the stately , luscious melon, the charm and glory of the break- 

 fast-table; then corn, which is meat in nutrition; with the juicy apple, the 

 pride of prince and peasant. Then we come to the pear and to the orchard— 



Where peaches grow with sunny dyes. 

 Like maiden's cheeks when blushes rise. 

 Where huge figs the branches bend, 

 Where clusters from the vine distend. 



There Is the feast which nature spreads. Let every man say grace In his heart, 

 and partake of it thankfully." 



10. Gaseous Dyspepsia, Simple but Effectual Remedy.— 



Where gas distends the stomach, or bloats the bowels, taking 15 to 20 drops 

 of chloroform in a little syrup, after eating, will expel the gas, and stop the fer- 

 mentation in a few minutes. 



ifewiar/b.— Chloroform is well known to be a very diffusive stimulant, and 

 hence this action of it might be expected. It is easily tried and may prove as 

 effectual as it is claimed to be. (See the closing remarks on pimples, bad and 

 of long standing, etc., for the use of animal charcoal, with sugar, before 

 meals, also of soda after meals, for this gaseous condition of the stomach.) 



11. Dyspepsia, or Indigestion, Very Valuable Treatment 

 of. — I am now using a very valuable medicine, or combination, on a case 

 where the indigestion was very bad, so much so, it might be considered real 

 dyspepsia; but the treatment allayed the distre.ss so promptly, and helped, or 

 enabled the food to digest, so effectually that I will give the recipe. First I 

 used the following fluid preparatioa. 



I. Solution for Dyspepsia. — ^Peprin in crystals, 30 grs. ; glycerine, 1 oz. ; 

 concentrated lactic acid, % ^^"^^ : ^i^t' Jed, or soft water, 4 ozs. ; mix. Dose— 

 A tea-spoonful in 3 or 4 tea-apoonfuh of water, immediately after each meal. 



Remarks. — After a week or two, as the case may improve, less, and still 

 less, may be used, say % tea-spoonful only, till finally cured. And in case 

 there is a diarrheal tendency, or any inflammatory condition of any part of the 

 system, in which the lactic acid is not good, take the following powder, in place 

 of the solution, as aJbova 



12. Bowder tor Dyspepsia, Diarrhea, etc^-Sub-carbonate of 

 bismuth, 200 grs.;8clieffer'3,or other good pepsin, 100 grs. Mix thoroughly, 

 and make into 20 powders. Dose— Take 1 powder in a little molasses and 

 water, half-and-half, immediately after each meal, the same as the scdution; 

 and after some time, or suitable improvement has been made, divide a powder 

 for 2 doses, as long as needed. 



Remarks. — This will meet very bad cases of either disease, and prove, 

 generally, all that can be desired. See the use of bismuth with Dover's 

 powders, inioosenessof the bowels, from teething — where it is effectual, although 

 the cause, in the case of teething is continued for several months, or as long as 

 the teething continues. It holds the fort, however, notwithstanding this coa- 



