Food versus bacilli in consumption : (Opus 286) An open letter / from Ephraim Cutter ... to his son, John Ashburton Cutter, with an answer.

  • Cutter, Ephraim, 1854-1926.
Date:
1888
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Credit: Food versus bacilli in consumption : (Opus 286) An open letter / from Ephraim Cutter ... to his son, John Ashburton Cutter, with an answer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Item 13. Bacteriology does not tell how to feed in con¬ sumption; Salisbury does. (See A—1; B—3 and 13, Bibl.) Item 14. Bacteriology points out no medicine, but is hard at work to find a bacillus or agent to kill the bacillus of Koch. The Salisbury plans point out the use of medicines as follows: (1) As oils to the machine. (2) Tonics to tone up the glands and system. (3) Digestives to help digest the food. (4) To meet complications, as hemoptysis, diar¬ rhoea, etc. (5) To put the skin in good order. (6) Hot water as a medicine to promote downward peristalsis—wash, out, thin the blood, etc. (See B—20, Bibliog.) (7) Food as a Medicine. See Numbers A—1; B—3 and 13, Bibl).. (8) The having all medicines pure and up to standard, and testing all food preparations on one’s own self before offer¬ ing them to patients. Item 15. To study bacteriology, one needs a laboratory,, much time, special care, and instruments to practice with. The Salisbury plans, you know, need but a few things, though they must be of the best quality; and the results are at once manifest. I have thought they were like agri¬ culture, which furnishes a field large enough for the exer¬ cise of capacities of the grandest and noblest, wThen pro¬ vided with all that could be suggested in the way of me¬ chanical, chemical and financial contrivance. And, on the other hand, agriculture may be successfully handled by farmers poor in resource, invention and ability. Any one who will live on baked beans, oatmeal, or army biscuit, ex¬ clusively, for three months (See A—1, Bibl.), whether he can use the microscope or not, will have some decided opinions on the subject. Facts are more than opinions not based on facts. Finally, my son, have pity on the sick and dying. Try to give honor to whom honor is due. Abate not one jot,, but do not honor only people for doing things that are half¬ way procedures, when you know of, and can testify to pro¬ cedures which cover the whole ground, and save lives which the others cannot save. Sincerely your father, Ephraim Cutter. New York, The Ariston, Broadivay and 55tli street. September 18,1888.