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Show Buttermilk Cure for Dipsomania. I Among the many cures" in Europe is one for consumption, in "which buttermilk, butter-milk, if not the only, is the main article of diet. These cures are located in hilly districts where walking is pleasant when the weather permits, and it is more than probable that the benefiicial effects experienced ex-perienced after living in these resorts are due in a great measure to the open-air life, the., exercise and the breathing of upland air in which there is plenty of oxygen to arterialize the blood". Then, undoubtedly, the buttermilk itself . is. a thereapeutic agent if used judiciously. It has proved effective in Bnght's disease, diabetes, as well as lung disorders; but a discovery has been made in these buttermilk "cures" which may or may not have important consequences. L It was noticed that persons addicted to the excessive use of wines and liquors had their unnatural thirst assuaged when living exclusively upon buttermilk. Indeed, In-deed, there Was no deflirA for nnv Ir?n rt I liquid after having partaken of it copiously. copi-ously. - - - . - To test this matter thoroughly, the buttermilk but-termilk cure is to be tried in inebriate asylums. It is doubtful, of course, if anything will cure a confirmed drunkard of his passion for strong drink; but it may wean moderate drinkers from a taste j which they are slowly acquiring. This is a matter of so much importance that physicians and others who have charge over partial or confirmed inebriates should test this buttermilk cure thoroughly; thor-oughly; it may not do much good, but it can do no harm. There are some mineral waters which, for a time, at least, allay a craving for strong drink. This is true, it is claimed, of the hot springs of Carlsbad. Demorest's Monthly. |