, 1875-08-29
WHEAT.
Deficiencies of Flour as q Nerve.
Food.
4 Withdrawal Of Seyen- -Eighths OF the
Nerye-Producing Element Of
il. the Wheat Grain.
The Evils That Necessarily Result from
Such an Unwise Procedure.

The EVILS Inat Necessarily Result 1Tom
Such an Unwise Procedure.
To Ehs Editor o. Ths Chicago Tribune:
HYDE PARK, ILL.,, Ang. 27.-The Boston Jour
nal Of Chemistry ia doing good work in moldin9
public opinion in the right direction upou the
snbiect OF the deficiencies of flour as nerve
food, and the corresponding benefits that might
result from the general use OF the whole wheat.
In 3 recent article on the subject It points oht
how affections OF the nervous system are pro-
NOTED by the use Of tine -four, aud ayers that
the Roman soldier could not have accomplished
his historic achievements had the flour Of nova
days been his wheat~food; that, no matter how
much fresh air and exercise be had. his physique
would have failed with imperfect food. HE
could not have developed muscle enough to
climb mountains, swim rivers, fight hand-to~
hand fights and endure pEiratiops, unless his
digestive organs had been fed With ali
meut which supplied the waste Of tissue
consequent upon e1ertion, aud the with
drawal OF nerye-force. vitality, or lifai
OF whatever you a1e pleased to cali that dynamic
power which carries along the currents OF our
physical existence. In speaking OF muscular
actions, VIC are apt to 1egald the muscles them
selyeB "a tho source OF power. Bot. # We should
separate the nerves which connect the given
muscle OF set OF muscles, With the spinal or
crauial systom Of nerve-oeutres, it would be
found that they would become as powerlesa for
action as the engine when STEAM ia cut of. So
that it is more in accordance with the facts to
speak Of the nerve-fofce as the primal source Of
ali the muscular forces OF this body.
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Roman soldier as other than person OF
INMENsE NERyE-PowER.
It might not nave been intellectual nerve
power, but it must have been neurotic power
sunicient to wonderfully sustain and con-
troll the still more wonderful combi-
nation of mechanical forces found in
the muscular System. It is very generally &C
knowledged By physiologists that there is mora
or less waste OF nerve and muscular tissues dur
ing the exercise OF the varied functions OF the
human body. No light ia seen; no sound Is
heard no touch is felt no amell is perceived
respiration is not kept up digestion, secretion,
excretion, cerebration, phonatiou, and muscular
movements, arc not performed without waste
OF the tissues which are the agents OF the funo-
tions named.
SNOW, the Roman soldier must have had just
this tissue-destruction, aud must have supplied
it in his food, or elHe he would have broken down
under such severe tests. History shows that he
did not break down, and it is very interesting
question,
WHAT HE MAINLY suBsgTED UPON.
In looking over the List Of the Commissary
Department of the Roman Army, We do not find
the modern diet-tab}e. Frumentun1-grain, or
wheat-was the main article of diet. A bag of
wheat vas a regular part OF the outfit. Ii WAS
ubole wheat not faonr Whan the so1dier waa
hungry, ali be had to do was to eat it BY chew
ing it whole on tue march !; and thenr rubbing
up With stone. eat it either nncooked or boiled.
Anv of the animals he might chance to find we're
c.noht and annronr;atat a. adaition.1 food and
eAueAI anu App-optoo ." au4o@! ~. .tl 1ooa' "Aa
were 50 nlucu cleat saan. tuele m!sut oe' a.
stssonaty camps, oIne1 al1acles OF olet DUE: IN
tne long tuo, unPoitea "nea! "as n1a pslncipaa
1909, Ihis pelng tue case, II ls c4eir that open.
ar lne ana wheat are, or we're, me elements that
cau hara ase +bat m thsr ~ ~
DOE mere asserted tnas no otner conolnauon OF
iesn ar ano looa 1urn'snes tue same 1ooa-aatai
nut IS oesaseo 20 emphasize snAs Rneas mas
'ne auoi7pu'eo enal aeLer u
f1A4HGt tooo. ,
~ u. NIcno.s, sas eu.tos OF .' ne Sonvn@ q
chenast'y' says ne enteftalns the pEotonndeat
Iespecs lor gta1n 1 OF - "neat: ls Is moss
marvellous combustion OF substances admirably
adapted Tor the bullelng-np and Hustenaace OF
tue tissues o. me human poqV. IL 10 emphatl.
eailv tne 1904 OF man4lna. 1ts history 10 traced
nacA 20 ne esruees ages. Il mas heen 1oana
oulieu . MN tue a'ut;ntsa ~ Ieyp@ pul moo-
cru e4'1lAas!oo nae auoptea H. Or. Ia&ne1' nFsP.
afatlons :, from IT, lse raising or ,'ea wneas, sn9
large portions OF tha human race. Last yaarit
took 225 full sized sh,ps TO carry the surplus
cron oY California to tina markats NJ tha world
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1ie naatu "uu oonsu1rpA1ou " uo"i Ala1a
wheat furnish employment for much larger
numpei OF pe9p4e tnan the producers ana
IE6ltYuteK6i A1us W8 1uctuUo kHuSo
who car the food prepared from
wheat aud wheat-Aou1, there is hardly an
individual IN any ciVllizsd community through
out .t tbs world WHO does not come Ito tbe
puddings, gruels: crackers. muifiOs. dumphngs.
ETC., all derived from wheat. The consumption
OF flower as food beng so universal and large.
may we not infer that the characteristics Of the
tissues OF the bodies of our race must be deter
mined IN some measure by this Hour. because
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