THE CUBA REVIEW 



29 



X'ALUE OF CANE SUGAR 



In July last a summary was given in 

 these columns of an article which appeared 

 in the Britisli Medical Journal by Dr. 

 Goulston on the beneficial effects of the 

 ingestion of cane sugar in certain forms 

 of heart disease. Some remarks by Sir 

 James Sawyer, M. D., the eminent consult- 

 ing physician of Birmingham, advocating 

 the use of cane sugar, were also published. 

 Dr. A. H. Carter, of Wolverhampton, has 

 since contributed a paper to the British 

 Medical Journal, in which he states: "I 



had under my care a case of cardiac 



muscle failure which seemed to have 

 reached its high-water mark of improve- 

 ment. The result of the cane sugar treat- 

 ment was so satisfactory that it is worth 

 recording. My patient was a lady aged 

 sixty-two years. Her symptoms were 

 marked. She had no energy, although 

 naturally a most energetic person, and she 

 was now incapable of the slightest exertion, 

 either mental or physical. Sir Lauder 

 Brunton, the eminent heart specialist, was 

 consulted, and confirmed my own view that 

 the patient had reached her limit of im- 

 provement. Shortly after this 1 saw 

 Dr. Goulston's paper, and it occurred to 

 me that my case was just one for a trial 

 of his treatment. Immediately on adopt- 

 ing the 'Glebe' pure cane sugar diet her 

 improvement began to be advanced after 

 the middle of the second week, and by the 

 end of the fifth week it was remarkable. 

 At the end of this time she could walk 

 three miles without a rest or undue fatigue, 

 her mental vigor was quite re-established, 

 and her feeling of well-being and 'fitness,' 

 after months of weariness and lassitude, 

 was really extraordinary. At the end of 

 the sixth w'eek Sir Lauder Brunton again 

 saw my patient, and, in a letter to me,... 

 he wrote : 'She has improved enormously 

 on the diet you gave her. Her improve- 

 ment is simply miraculous.' " — IV est India 

 Coinniittee Circular. Februarv 27. 1912. 



GIVING PROPER CREDIT 



A description of a British Guiana cane 

 hoist and an illustration of its operation 

 were printed in The Cuba Review for Jan- 

 uary last, without credit to our esteemed 

 contemporary, the ]Vest India Coiiuiiiftee 

 Circular, of London, in which valual)le 

 publication the article first appeared. 



Louisiana cane sugar, unrefined, actually 

 costs .^.7.5 cents a pound to produce : in 

 Java it is produced for 1..50 cents a pound ; 

 in the Philippines for 1.75 cents a pound ; 

 in Cuba for 2 cents a pound, says the 

 American Cane Growers' Association of 

 New Orleans. 



