148 Oranges and Lemons of India. 



Rampur, Rohilcund, and in Lucknow, under the name 

 of turunj ka murabba. Some kinds of citron peel 

 that are not too bitter, can also be candied. A friend 

 in India made some candied citron from the peel of the 

 madhkakree of Almora, according to the receipts given 

 in the Appendix. It succeeded admirably, and all who 

 tasted it pronounced it delicious. It cannot be imagined 

 how different the fresh, soft, and aromatic candied 

 peels are from the stale hard peels imported at a high 

 price from Europe. Tons of marmalades and jams 

 are annually imported from Europe, while all could be 

 made in India of a nicer and fresher flavour. 



We now come to a very important use to which the 

 citrus family can be put. My belief is that in India 

 the worst plague we have to contend against is inter- 

 mittent fever, with its consequent disorganization of 

 the blood, disturbed secretions, enlarged spleen, &c. 



In 1885, in the Etawah Jail Garden, I had about 

 three hundred Malta lemon trees in full bearing. At 

 that time I read in the medical journals * that Dr. 

 Maglieri of Italy had found that the peasants used a 

 decoction of lemon to recover from the cachexia left by 

 intermittent fever. He tried the experiment himself, 

 and published the results. Then Dr. Lauchlin Aiken 

 of Rome made other experiments with this decoction 

 in cases of fever, and found it very valuable. As I 

 had a large quantity of the same lemon on the trees, I 

 undertook an extensive series of experiments to ascer- 

 tain the real value of this remedy. I shall not here 

 trouble the reader with the details of my experiments. 

 They have been reported to Government, and pub- 

 lished in the medical journals, and in " Braithwaite's 

 Retrospect of the Medical Sciences." The conclusions 



* British Medical Journal ', of October 4th, 1884, p. 653, and 

 " Braithwaite's Retrospect," ending June, 1885. 



