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have often seen old, scabby, wasted negroes, 

 crawl from the bottom houses, apparently 

 half dead, in crop time, and by sucking canes 

 all day long, they would soon become strong, 

 fat, and sleeky. The restorative power of 

 sugar, in wasted and decayed habits, is re- 

 corded by several physicians in different parts 

 of the world. I have known many people 

 far advanced in pulmonary consumption, re- 

 covered by the juice of the sugar-cane. 



" A friend of mine, a clergyman in Shrop- 

 shire, has favoured me with a very interesting 

 account of a cure performed by the use of 

 sugar, in such a diseased state of the lungs as 

 is generally denominated a complete con- 

 sumption." 



After relating that various methods had 

 failed, and all hopes of recovery were lost, 

 Dr. Moseley continues the relation in the 

 gentleman's own words : — " I did not take to 

 the use of sugar until I was reduced to so 

 weak a condition as to be unable to take any 

 thing else. Sugar was never prescribed for 

 me by my physician ; but being very thirsty 

 from the fever, I had a great inclination for 

 spring water, which I was not permitted to 

 have, by the affectionate relative who nursed 

 me, without some Muscovado sugar, a little 



