The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-01-01
reserve for horse feed, there will be
found, in 1000 parts, So ) of ash, con-

silica ..---..-. U-o
PhO-pi9DTlc %o-N
Chlorine %
55-i
Here Is the result in "A nutshell, or.
rather, i'll the shell of Il wheat kernel,
ont OF the So parts of mineral mate.
rlals contained i'll the grain, only /
parts are found in the fine flour. The
5j-G parts. which our mechanical skill
has enabled us to remove. are made up
entirely of elements required for the
proper uses OF the human system. To
withhold them IL nothing short of rob
berry. desPoilinG OF our own tissues
and finds.
Asst is with the bone forming eie-
uents that we have TO do at present, let
us see how the figures stand with refer
ence To- them. They are lime, calcium
the metallic base OF lime). magnesia,
soda, and phosphoric acid flor cOmbinI-
ton with the lime and magnesia to
form the phOsphates.) OF these we
have in the entite grain 49, parts, and
we retain in the hne flour Al parts,
throwing away all paris out of the 40
provided for the sustenance of our os-
seOus tissues.
The amount of bone food thus
ihoughuessly eliminated from the most
| Important OF all articles of diet is no
| small matter in the aggregate, AS Will
be readily apprchended when we con-
slider that each OF us consumes, or
| ought to consume, about one hundred
and sixty pounds OF bread in the course
1 OF 1t year.
Consumers OF fine-lOur bread, then,
must Inevitably suffer for the want of
4 the proper amount OF bone material.
| We get lime enough in the other articles
of our dietary to prevent our bones
/ from crumblinE entirely away, but
! that they are weakened, or fail to reach
their normal degree of tirmness and
strength, there can he no doubt, nor is
| this IL mere matter of theory. IL has
been demOnSt rated by experiment. NJ.
/ ChOssctt, II learned and careful French
psychologist and chemist, fed "A number
| OF pigeons exclusively Oh wheat from
which every particle of the covering or
! shell had been removed. lie found
/ that this diet answered well enough
| for three months, after which diarrhea
/ set in aud the birds died between the
| eighth and tenth month; but the most
/ remarkable point in the experiment
/ related to the bones, which became
I exceedingly thin and fragile. Onebird
/ WAS found with both frmuTS and tiDIhs
| fTacterod and examination after death
showed that the GOHy tissues had diSdp-
/ pcuTcd from NlIlIy parts Of the SteTHUm.
| None OF these effects were observed
when "a little lime was added to the
| food. We are doing what we can To
/ reduce ourselves TO the condition OF
these birds.
But III" poor children are the great
est sufferers from the Ignorance and
! folly which | am cudenvuring 10 eX-
pose They require more bone food
! Ihnn adults, but as "a general rule, get
/ less. their diet being composed more
! largely at bread. Unless Il large amount
81 milk he allowed them with their fine
/ -four bread, the quantity of lime and
! other mineral materials obtained from
I - ...,I i A H.
adequate t. supply the wants of the
system. the inevitable result is iuI.
/ perfect OssIiicHtiOn; but IA the process
| Is hidden aud the weakness OF the
| bones not always obvious, no one takes
the alarm. Ii the legs become crooked
or ricketts, supcrvene, tho cause is look
ed Tor anywhere else rather than in the
| bread basket.
| The lack of the necessary amount Of
mineral materials in the food affects
every bone in the body, hut the teeth
are the greatest sufferers, or il is in
them, ut least, that the evil is most
| strikingly manifest. The larger num-
! h"r "TInH permanent teeth ARE formed
during the time when bread is the main
! Dependence ofsthe child for the nOur-
| IShurut at his npidly-grOwing organs.
| Where this bread il made of unbOlted
| wheat meal and plenty of pure milk il
/ added, no diet can be better. These ar
| ticlcs furnish the materials for both
muscle and bone; but when we give "a
! child none but fine, white bread, we
may make muscle, but we cheat the
! bones, and particularly the teeth. In
reference to these, the subject assumes
II painful INTEREST," momentOus i'm
pOTtancP.
The extent of our dental rOttenness
! is only partially measured by the army
| of tooth. doctors" which we support.
| Good teeth are now, in our cities (wheTe
] Ill I,rnn1 IL mazda f,ff M
| white ilOur) the rare exception, and bad
| ones, or manufactured ones, the rule.
| This state of things is not due 10 IA sim
/ gle cause, by any means, but we have
! here one of the causes of imperfect
| teeth, and the one,- | believe, which
should be placed at the head of the list,
As the most general and fruitful of all.
! That it is so will be apparent when we
! consider the composition of the teeth
in connection with that of the bread
| we eat.
The bulk of the tooth, technically
called substantial cStOideG, is similar in
! constitution to the other bones, the
mineral elements being, however, in
somewhat larger proportion. The dense.
| hard covering OF the crown, known as
| enamel, is composed almost entire
! ly OF inorganic or mineral materials,
only 3.5 per cent. being organic or ami
| NAL matter. Here silicate of lime and
I
/ part. Both of these Tor their elements)
are present in due proportion in the
| grain of which our flour is made, but
IN the JOHcG .ROlt' itself, ordinary arlaLy-
SLS does not detect IL trace Of either.
Any one can see what. must be the
result, in this case, OF our ignorant iu-
| reference with the wise provisions OF
! Nnture-!esH lacking IN JirMncSS and
SOiiiity, impeTfectiy eIioGSGd lVnh enamel,
uIdIicStHCd to inevitable aud carly lie
! cay.
These facts stand out in so bold relief
that Hm content to leave them, for the
present, for the readers contemplation,
setting aside certain considerations
which they suggest, TO be presented at
some future time, should circumstances
permit.
Reader, if you would preserve the
strength OF your own esseous structure
and insure your children firm bones
and sound teeth, save them from tooth
ache and from falling into the hands OF
the dentists while yet in their teens, you
must provide bone foot. 1t is found in
Grdu-in Graham Bread
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