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Show j VIRTUES OF THE PINEAPPLE Veritable Medicine Is This Delicious Fruit When Fresh Its Value as a Digestive. Fresh pineapple Juice has great 4liie ns a digestive. A gmnll amount will digest a considerable piece of steak or any other animal tissue Dolling, Doll-ing, however, seems to kill the enzymes enzy-mes In tho pineapple, s that after canning It loses its digestive power. Tho peculiar 'property of pineapple Juice make's it of value In many ways. For Instance, In diphtheria It Is used bs a gargle, and the diphtheria membrane mem-brane disappears like magic at Un touch. It Bocms to have tbo power of picking out all non-living animal tissues and rapidly digesting them, leaving all tho living tissues. In cases Df quinsy, pineapplo Julco digests all polsonotifi tissue, often giving quick relief. , Sometimes It Is not best to Incise or inco a boll, and tho yellow cap may jften remain upon tho boll without opening, holding bnck the pus. The tppllcatlon of pineapple Juice- Invariably Invari-ably establishes free drainage within i short time. For administration in the stomach, fllneapple acts, odds tho Family Doctor, Doc-tor, as a preventive rather than a cure. It cannot quickly correct an scute attack Of Indigestion, though It may prevent ah attack. |