HONEY A FOOD AND MEDICINE 



A considerable amount of honey has also 

 been used in confectionery. This demand is 

 increasing; and in this connection beeswax 

 is also used to some extent. The beeswax 

 is used in about the same proportions that we 

 find it in a piece of comb honey, and some 

 actually buy comb honey for making con- 

 fectionery. Honey-candies coated with choco- 

 late are much consumed in Europe. 



Honey is largely used as a medicine and as a 

 vehicle for administering nauseous medicines. 

 It is so soothing in its action that it is used 

 eflfectively for many purposes in the sick- 

 room. In continental Europe the doctors 

 constantly recommend and use honey. For 

 some unexplained reason our medical men are 

 not so favorable to honey as their European 

 confreres, possibly because they are afraid 

 of its adulteration. Since the passage of the 

 national pure-food law there need be but little 

 fear of this, and it may be freely recommended. 



Honey has an excellent eflfect on the skin, 

 and for this reason is much used in soaps 



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