Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1893 — Danger in Grapes. [ARTICLE]

Danger in Grapes.

There is probably no more delicious fruit growing thaD the grape, and certainly none more relished by the majority of people, but like all other pleasurable things of the seductive nature, the grape has Its dangers, dangers often quite as fatal as the memorable “grape” of Capt. Bragg, of military fame. People so inordinately fond of the fruit should observe extra caution to never swallow

the seeds While the pulp of the grape is exceedingly nutricicus and healthful, and while even the acid in the skins may be beneficial, yet the skins and seeds are totally indigestible. The seeds accummulating in the intestines often find lodgment in a blind sack of the bowel, known to medical men as the veriform appendix, from which only a prompt, skillful and dangerous operation can relieve the sufferer. Every year during the grape season many fatal cases of bowel trouble ocur. Recently a woman at Grand Rapids had what the physicians believed was cholera. Thorough investigation revealed the fact that her suffering was caused wholly by grape seed. A little wisdom, judgment and proper caution Would relieve the burden of objection to this luscious and otherwise healthful fruit. Children and hearty, rapid eaters should be carefully posted regarding this hid den danger.