The natural cure of consumption, constipation, Bright's disease, neuralgia, rheumatism, colds (fevers) etc. : how sickness originates, and how to prevent it a health manual for the people / by C.E. Page.

  • Charles Edward Page
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[1883], ©1883
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    such a breakfast and not feel hungry than anything else I have tried. We have delicious musk-melons now, also water-melons, but the latter are deteriorat- ing, being out of season. Our ripe tomatoes are nearly over; after these are gone we shall use our dried peaches, pears, and apples, merely soaked in cold water until soft—not sloppy. We use rain-water in winter. T make a salad for dinner, often, as follows : lettuce washed and cut small, a few ripe tomatoes peeled and cut up, and one or two green peppers cut fine ; pouring over a dressing of raisin syrup, made by soaking black raisins for twenty-four hours, and strain- ing. This salad I vary by substituting celery for let- tuce. I assure you it is a most healthful dish, and so sweet and nice with rye. We use oatmeal soaked for twelve hours in just enough water to soften it, and then well beaten ; with either raisins [grapes] or dried fruits it is very delicious. I did not at first like rye, but after a little we all came to regard it the sweetest grain we have. The children are very fond of cauli- flower—just the flour part—and green pease, fresh- picked are a great dish with us. Some like radishes and garden cress and a few things of that nature. I prefer fruits with my grain, and we can have them fresh, of some sort, all the year round. Strawberries come in about March—indeed, we have a few even now [February]. I'm going to make a 'natural fruit- cake,' this week, for our little girl's birthday. I shall send a piece by post to Mrs. Page, with full directions for making it. We had one at New Year's, and even those who live on cooked food pronounced it ' as good