. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. The Uses of Honey. Mr. Herman Cook, of Wyoming Pa., sends us the following, taken from the New York Tribune, contributed by .1. F., of Pres- ton, Conn. -. The ancients regarded honey as a celestial food, and they used it at all religious cere- monies. The Egyptians used it as a remedy for various diseases. To judge from the Bible, honey was for the Hebrews as indis- yiensable as milk and flour, and it served them as an excellent medicine for the gout, coughing, and all kinds of wounds. For the Arabian, honey is of great importance, as is shown in
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. The Uses of Honey. Mr. Herman Cook, of Wyoming Pa., sends us the following, taken from the New York Tribune, contributed by .1. F., of Pres- ton, Conn. -. The ancients regarded honey as a celestial food, and they used it at all religious cere- monies. The Egyptians used it as a remedy for various diseases. To judge from the Bible, honey was for the Hebrews as indis- yiensable as milk and flour, and it served them as an excellent medicine for the gout, coughing, and all kinds of wounds. For the Arabian, honey is of great importance, as is shown in the Koran by the story of the man who one day came to ask Mahomet what to do for his brother, who was suffering great pain, and about to die. The prophet pre- scribed honey, and the man followed his advice. After a short time, however, the man returned and told Mahomet that the remedy, instead of alleviating the evil, only made it worse. But the prophet answered. ''Go home and continue to give honey to your brother, for God speaks the truth, and your Ijrother's body has ; And the patient recovered after a continued use of the remedy. The ancient (ireeks used honey as a means to prolong lite. Pythagoras lived only on honey in order to keep healthy his body as well as his miml. Other examples are those of DemocritUE, who died at the age of l()!l, and Anaereon, wlio died at the age of Both were very fond of honey, and con- sumed it in large quantities. Therapeutically, honey is much employed in diseases of the mouth. It is known that these diseases (thrushes) very soon dis- appear after the aiiplication of honey in com- bination with alum or borax. When children are teething their gums are rublied with n decoction of marsliinallow (themcit of .Milma orticinalis). or sull'ion with honey, l-'or pains in the throat gar^ding with honey ami Icitiou- juice is an excellent remedy. As curatives are further known the O.^yme seilliliea (vine- gar and honey). ami the sanativ
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