1903 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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diet. But now listen. The iimoiint of dry 

 toJist, to f^et satisfactory rcsul's, should not 

 b'" over a quarter of the bulk or weij^ht 

 of the meat. A tonic, prescribed by Dr. 

 Lewis, is taken before each meal, and a 

 preparation of pepsin after. A full pint of 

 water, as hot as it can be swallowed, is to 

 be taken about an hour and a half before 

 each tncal. This part is very important, 

 for but very little liquid is taken while eat- 

 inf^. As Dr. Lewis explains, the stomach 

 can not take care of a slo[)py mass, for the 

 reason that the dif^estive lluids are neutral- 

 ized by the excess of water. The puri)osc 

 of the hot drinks between meals is to wash 

 out the stomach, leaving- it clean for the 

 next supply of nourishment. When a pa- 

 tient commences on the diet he may have to 

 bo;,Mn on as low as five or six ounces of 

 meat. He must cut down some of his phys- 

 ical activities, for his strength will begin to 

 decrease, and he may lose flesh. Lut if 

 he can start on about eight ounces, and di- 

 gest it, he probably will not lose either 

 Hesh or strength. When I began on the 

 diet this last time, I started with eight 

 ounces, and am holding^ my own. 



But that is not all. 1 take, in connec- 

 tion'"', light physical exercises, for it will 

 be understood that our phy^>ical frames are 

 macliines, and some portions of them be- 

 come s.uggish from want of action. (Jne of 

 theexercises is to lie prone on the back and 

 lift both feet (keeping both knees rigid and 

 straight) at a right angle to the trunk of 

 the body, or perpendicular to the floor. 

 They are raised and lowered very slowly a 

 few times. The patient next reverses the 

 operation by keeping the feet on the floor 

 and raising the body. As soon as it as- 

 sumes an upright position, or a sitting- pos- 

 ture, the patient is to reach forward, keep- 

 ing his legs straight, and touching his toes 

 if he can. He raises and lowers, repeat- 

 ing the operation as long^ as he can do .so 

 without too much fatigue. He next stands 

 upright,s wing sdown ward, keeping the knees 

 or leg^s straight, and touches the llofjr if he 

 can, or .as near as may be, and then rises to a 

 perpendicular. In this way he swings for- 

 ward and backward. He next bends side- 

 wise at the hips, keeping the body straight 

 so far as the front and |back are concerned. 

 He thus rocks sidewise, bending as far as 

 he can. He now takes deep breathing-ex- 

 ercises that consist of taking into the lungs 

 a large amount of air, expanding^ the dia- 

 phragm as far as j)ossible. He then expels 

 it, drawing- the diaphragm in, exhausting- 

 the lungs as much as possible. This heavy 

 breathing should be kept up vigorously, 

 enough to make a sound like a steam-engine 

 puffing and blowing. But be sure you 

 cause your diaphragm, or stomach-walls, 

 to expand and contract. The effect of all 

 these exercises is to stimulate the action of 

 the bowels, which, perchance, may be slug- 

 gish. 

 One should be very careful about over- 



* This is separate and apart from the beef diet, and 

 may have to be omitted until the patient acquires 

 more strength. 



doi)i[^ in the "physical-culture exercise." 

 When he begins his work he should start 

 quite moderately, and increase a little every 

 day. I<'ivc to ten minutes of exercise j>er 

 day, either before going to bed or just after 

 getting- up, ought to be enough for a <laily 

 practice. The averag-e person will feel that 

 the involuntary action of the bowels is great- 

 ly stimulated; and sometimes the eficct of 

 the exercises alone is enough to bring- about 

 a state of perfect heafth. 



Let me emi)hasizc the importance of being- 

 careful not to overdo. Have your heart ex- 

 amined. Do not tire yourself out in any 

 one of the exercises. Almost as much harm 

 is done by overdoing- — yea, more harm — 

 than by taking- no exercise. One feels the 

 exhilaration, and is ai)t to do too much. 

 The average athlete — the one who tries to 

 excel or outdo — is pretty apt to be short- 

 lived. Moderate exercise, taken under the 

 advice of a physician who has previously 

 examined the heart, will add years to the 

 life of the average person. 



But I found that exercise alone in my 

 case was not sufficient to bring about that 

 quiet sleep I was seeking. I was begin- 

 ning to have malari;il chills, and seriously 

 entertained the thought that I might have 

 to go to Cuba; but no sooner had I gotten 

 on to the beef diet than these chills began 

 to disapj)ear. The malaria is now largely 

 g-one, and the dreamless sleep of childhood, 

 so refreshing, is a part of my every-day ex- 

 istence. 



No one in a bad state of health should 

 attempt to go on the beef diet alone, for it is 

 risky to do so unless he can do it imder the 

 direction of a competent physician who 

 makes this form of treatment a sfx'cialty. 

 Dr. J. M. Lewis, of Cleveland, or Dr. Sal- 

 isbury, of New York, is competent to pre- 

 scribe in cases of this kind. 



I almost f jrgot to tell our readers that 

 one of my prescribed courses of health 

 treatment (I |)rescribed it myself, with the 

 sanction of my physician) is driving- an au- 

 tomobile; and now 3011 will begin to under- 

 stand why I was forced to purchase one, 

 even if they are exi)ensive. 



To show you what the beef diet has done 

 for a friend of mine, whose name I with- 

 hold, I herewith g-ive you an extract from a 

 recent letter he wrote, in response to one 

 from me advising him to g-o on almost clear 

 meat. He was suifering- from a bowel 

 trouble of long standing, and, as a last re- 

 sort, he wrote to me because he had under- 

 stood I knew something about the fjcef diet 

 for curing- diseases that drug-s could not 

 handle. He writes : " The treatment you 

 have so kindly indicated for me resulted in 

 a most wonderful improvement, for which 

 great blessing^ I thank you from the bottom 

 of my heart." 



Thk bee-keepers of Maine are hereby in- 

 formed that a strong- effort is being made 

 to get a foul-brood bill enacted into law at 

 the next session of their legislature. Write 

 to your Senators and Representatives at 

 once. 



