THE APPLE CURE.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIV, Issue VIII, 23 February 1895, Page 174

THE APPLE CURE.

Whoever is fortunate enough to have a connection, near or remote, with an orchard has probably heard of the fame of the apple cure. For the benefit of the outer heathen, it may be stated that the cure consists mainly in going to an attic—a rainy day is preferable for the purpose—where there is a barrel of apples, and spending the afternoon there, either singly, with a book for company, or in a party, but, in auy case, giving close attention to the apples. This process, repeated at short intervals, will cause bodily ills to vanish and existence to reveal fresh pleasures. The wonderful properties of the apple have recently been celebrated by the London Hospital, which, in a scientific way, takes it apart, analyses it, holds it up to admiration, and concludes by saying: ‘Eat an apple going to bed, the doctor then will beg his bread.* The apple has more phospherous than any other fruit or vegetable which repairs the hurts of the brain and spinal cord. Scandanavian tradition represents the apple as the food of the gods, with which they renewed their strength. The apple is of inestimable value to body and brain of men of sedentary habits. Apple poultice is a remedy for weak, rheumatic or inflamed eyes. The wisdom of our ancestors was shown in the habit they inaugurated, of serving apple sauce with roast pig, as the malic acid of the apple neutralizes the excess of chalky matter engendered by eating too much meat. The apple, when taken ripe and without sugar, diminishes acidity in the stomach rather than provokes it. These are only come of the virtues of the apple. Unhappily, good apples are rare and far between just now.