Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-07-10
Meat for the Million.
Food for the Coming man...1he Great
Scientific Discovery OF the Age.

Food for the Coming Man.--The Great
Scientific Discovery ofthe Age
Scientific Paris has new sensation,
writes Paris correspondent. The first
requisite of mankind is food, and if that
can be provided at all times in sufficient
quantity and quality to sustain life,
without extraordinary labor and expo
sure to perils, it must be conceded that
all I have claimed is true. If, more
over, the food is of the best quality, and
exactly adapted to the different ages
and varied physical constitutions of the
race, then the greatest triumph OF the
age has been achieved. And all OF this
Prof. Guerette claims to be true OF his
discovery.
1t seems that the idea occurred to the
learned scientist twenty years ago, that
he might experiment with animal and
vegetable food so far as to discover the
primordial elements needed to sustain
and foster life. He argued that as man
is sustained by the flesh of animals and
vegetables, it might be possible to re-
solve these articles of diet into their ell
ements. discover the sources from
which they drew their life, and by judi
cious combination of their most nutri.
tious qualities and the throwing out OF
that which was useless and harmful,
produce an artificial species OF food
which would supply every need OF the
race. He sought what Huxley would
call the protoplasm of life, and it is
claimed and admitted by number OF
his learned countrymen that he has
found it. 1t has been, as I said, the
work of twenty years to perfect the dis.
coyery. but two thousand years would
not have been wasted had they been sue.
cessfully applied to the same purpose.
With an increasing supply OF food Tor
the race always at hand with slight e1-
perse of labor, the miseries OF the poor,
and the necessities Of crime are largely
decreased. The slaughter Of animals
and the animal destruction OF the vege-
table world is done away. Science gives
its mama with q large hand, and the
one great need of the world is supplied
from an unfailing source.
The gentleman to whom this discov.
ery is due is well.known in the City OF
Lyons, where he holds the chair OF
Chemics in the University. He was
born at Auvergne in 1903, graduated in
medicine at the universities OF Paris
and Naples, was appointed lecturer at
the former institution in 1841, and was
promoted to the Professorship of Chem
istry in the University of Lyons In
1845. Since that time he has made the
latter city his abode, visiting Paris only
at rare intervals. He was pointed out
to me one day on the Rue des Italiens,
and I was told to take special notice OF
him, which was the easier done, as he
walked with eyes bent down, and evil
IDENTIFY engaged in deep thought. This,
am told, is his custom-but at home
he is seldom seen on the streets, as he
confines himself closely to his labora-
Tory, when not occupied with his public
duties. He is small, gray-haired, with
broad forehead and deep-set eyes (their
color I could not see), and a stubby
moustache, half-concealing q firm
mouth. Like most scholars, he is some
what stoop-shouldered, and walks with
q shutting gait. As chemist, no man
in France ranks higher, though he is
little known outside of his own scholas-
tic circle, for the reason that he has
never published anything. His life has
been devoted to the discovery he is now
perfecting, and that promises to bring
him such laurels as no other man OF his
age has achieved.
There has been no public exhibition
vet made Of the food which Prof.
Guerette has prepared, and I can speak
of it only from the description given by
scientific men, who are enthusiastic in
praise of it. They have been made ac-
quainted with the processes by which
It is formed, and express only wonder
| that the same idea of tracing the food
principle to its source had not occurred
to themselves. In any other city than
Paris there might be some hesitation
about making experiments with this
new diet but men who have learned to
sit down to dinner of horsesteak will
have no hesitation in trying any other
viands that come we'll recommended.
The food is made OF earth-even, it is
said, of refuse matter. 1t contains in
exact proportions the four primary ele-
ments necessary for nutrition. Pre-
pared with skill and care, it not only
has rejected all that does not assist life,
but it is said to be spiced and perfumed
in such a manner as to realize our
dreams of the ambrosia of the gods.
Smell and taste are gratified at the same
time that digestion is rendered pleas
ure. No stale scent of cookery fingers
about it it has banished at once all the
discomforts of the kitchen. Those who
have eaten it-(and my informants are
medical men of high repute)-say that
its effect on the system is magical, and
its tastes beyond description in words.
In their enthusiasm, they 60 still
farther, and say that NJ. Guerett's dis
covery will do more 10 Danish alcohol
ism and other perverted tastes, and re-
store the system to its normal condition
of healthy appetites and sound diges'
ton than all the discoveries OF all the
medical men who have ever lived.
With others, I laughed heartily at the
idea when it was first broached, but o
second and more sober thought has
made me lend reader ear to what has
been told me. I remembered the habits
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