. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. April, 1908. American l^ee Journal I did not hope for anylhing better than death as a release. " 'What my astonishment was when at the end of 3 months I was shown a healthy-looking, well-nourished baby, with an excellent appetite and regular habits, aird its stomach reduced to nor- mal proportion, may be easily guessed, Here was my little wretched creature nothing less than metamorphosed by means of the honey. And I learnt that the mother had used my remedy to other children who suffered from stom- ach disorder with equally good results. I profit
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. April, 1908. American l^ee Journal I did not hope for anylhing better than death as a release. " 'What my astonishment was when at the end of 3 months I was shown a healthy-looking, well-nourished baby, with an excellent appetite and regular habits, aird its stomach reduced to nor- mal proportion, may be easily guessed, Here was my little wretched creature nothing less than metamorphosed by means of the honey. And I learnt that the mother had used my remedy to other children who suffered from stom- ach disorder with equally good results. I profited by her experiments, and I have since found the use of honey in any disease of the digestive organs a most valuable agent.' "The Doctor adds that he has tried honey as a remedy for that most ob- stinate of all diarrheas which follows an advanced stage of pulmonary con- sumption, and even with young animals, and has in every case been rewarded by seeing the diarrhea stop, and a de- sire for nutrition take its place. The list of chemical compounds used to clear the intestinal canal, with more or less good results, some of which work other mischief, is a long one; honey, which is at once cleansing and nutritious, ought to take their place. And it may be that this is only one of the therapeutic uses out of many to which it might with ad- vantage be put. "Dr. Pol Demade argues that it should be easy for any pracjitioner with com- nioii-sense to recognize the reasons for this high value possessed by honey. It is, in the first place, a most extraodin- ary natural product. It is a sugar, but not of the ordinary kind. It is antisep- tic, almost free from fermentation, and withal capable of almost instant assimila- tion in the organism with to no exertion on the part of the digestive agents. Ordinary sugar is saccharine, whereas honey is a glycose. The for- mer ferments readily, and has to be turned into glycose by the action of the saliva or some of the other digestive
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