There are few subjects on which the world argues with so much warmth as the wholesomeness or non-wholesomeness of oysters, which may be regarded fat any rate ax a tribute to their delicious eating qualities. Quite recently the battle has broken out again in Paris, (which as we have remarked before, is always to the front in matters of hyui inquiry), owing to the sudden illness of M. Muratore, one of the best-known rigers at the Opera, in consequence, it is said, of his having eaten diseased oysters, That, however, is the question: were they diseased or not? The only thing that can be said with certainty is that Mf. Muratore was excessively fond of oysters, and illness may have been merely a question of his eating too many—if it is possible to eat too many oysters. He was one of those whom Gilbert might re had in view when he wrote that "oysters and his mother were the only things he loved." adore—or rather I did adore—oysters, says M. Muratore to an interviewer. "So much indeed did I like them that I ate them every day at Iuncheon. My doctor frequently warned me that I was too fond of oysters, that it was very imprudent to eat so many. But I would not listen to him, and every day Tate them with the same regularity and with the same appetite. Last Monday I did as 1 had done the day before, and as I would have done the next day, and T had my usual dozen and a half of oysters. But in the afternoon I did not feel well. In the night I became seriously ill, and next morning I was not able to rise. this point, through a graphic d of the doctor's triumph, disown painful malady, convalescence and the brokenhearted resolution to banish oysters from his table, we need not follow M.
Moratore in detail. But the following rales which we have extracted from the discussions arising out of =M. Muratore's accident may be usefal in other—countries. besides France. (1) Government—supervision of all oyster parks, anglicé, beds. (2) Preserve the oyster for three day before eating in tubs of fresh water, feeding him alternately on oatmeal and salt in order to parify his blood. (3)
"North-China Daily News"
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