The fresh pineapple contains an abundant supply of a powerful ferment
or vegetable trypsin which possesses strong digestive powers. The
juice of a pineapple will freely digest flesh meat and other animal or
vegetable products. The ferment is so powerful that the workpeople who
prepare pines for tinning have to wear rubber gloves to protect their
skins.
Pineapple Juice.
This can be extracted by means of the Fruit Juice Press. The fresh
fruit must first be cut up into slices and the outer skin removed to
facilitate the passage of the pineapple pieces through the machine.
Fresh pineapple juice is a valuable remedy for sore throat and for
diphtheria. The syrup of tinned pineapple is in no sense a substitute
for the above, since it is chiefly sugar and water.