, 1876-05-06
!, HOUSEK EEPING.
Tho Elements Of Food.

Khru 10 inc supply OF taa pnobph*teA missing if
willie aonr, by using Prot. Horarords bread
preparations which think nood aorno qualify.
Ing. "a thay areskpt 10 uiblead unthinktng pco.
=" rlo. Thcro sfe some important considerations
connected with this subject which Should bo
better understood than they nor ART by the gon-
erat public, aud will With your kiud permission
call attention to como Of them.
Chemistry BhowR that tho hrman Bystern IL
composed Of fftasn different o1omonsh not ono
OF which, however. is permanently hkol In tho
eyaton, but each. aftnt performing It's duties for
tamo, longer OF alloftcr, according to tho na-
t1ire Of those dntics, becomes ofToto, aud givoa
place 10 other particles OF the Same element,
which rnust bo, and can only bo. supplied In
food. These Gftcnn elements arc grouped and
clasaod under thrco gonnrat terms viz. Car
bonsceous Nttrogonous, and Phosphate. Tho
arpt supplies Tho lungs With fuel furnishes heat
and fat to tho system. carbon bcing tie princnnl
olement; tho second supplies tho muscular tis-
e,os, nitrogen hciug tho principal eosnont; and
tho last supplies tie bones, tho taot, the brain,
tho norvcs. and givea muscular and 1noptel
nowcr. phosphorus poing the principal o!enions
The .waatos Of those principles to a man Of
than ono pound por day, whtc tue child ro-
gulres constant additional supply for tho
building up and growth Of tho srstom In all ita
parts: Nov. !! needs but itslo 4 reflection on The
~AJ Vse ~
elements a. food. They 20 perpetual
rounds in tho economy Of Nature. Man
single ono Of them; ho can only
dssoreanize. and, whpn disorganizsd, The e1emont
10 again tnken up by tho vegetable, rcconyertcd
into food, and sont upon ita ccasolcss GRAND Of
sustaining life. For It tB 1Au Of nature that
Vegetables use only dtsosg clements, wtilo
man and animals uso only orgdni4ed clements
Therefore. c1eopt in tho water We drink aud lho
Eanizod ns food IN Natures great ta6oraioru the
Vegetable lrortL Before man can appropriate
or assinilato them into his gybten,. they must
havo tats preparation. The chemist is yet to bs
docs It.
For example: Phosphorus ia yory i'm
Portant element; 1t iB that OIL which tho action
sourco Of vitality ~ we'll as an important con-
btttuent OF boncs, tooth, otc. In common
bizcd inan ahere are found 10 be nearly pounds
Of solid phosphorus. doing It's important work
quietly aud hsrncss!y; but taks ovon J
grains Of the pounds that have beon disor-
ganizcd, which can be easily done by catciuing
BONG, and astemVt TO put thom back. aud ro-
ouch M oxcton1cns ia produced, especially III tho
brain that dolifum. inilammat,on, and oven death,
might onauo within Hlnglo hour; but g1yo ten
tmoa thst amount in un6outd flour, or any other
Haturat food containing 1t, and tho systom viii
quietly aud gratefully appropriate what it. neods
md rojcct tho remainder without excitement or
harm. That is tho difference bet~eon tho ac-
tioa Of al element organized by Nature
aho Inc samo eomont In o free
form or cFolred by chemistry. Ihore IL
also lost IN white flour tho valuable ptrogsnous
clenlonts-tho muscte-buideEs. Nitrogen il au |
ossentfal. Indispensable iugrcd.c1t Of all tho |
bodily tsHues, and Of all such vegetable prod |
lcts as can bs converted into blood in the mi |
nal body or human Rystem. IL the chemist to |
supply there rnisHiug liuEa also? lsy uo moans.
None OF theeo oletueDts can Do properly sup.
Piled to tho aystetn except by means OF actually
organized FOOD, and tho attempt to supply tle.l
afuncial'y IT. WI oses ,,; oS frauslt WITH dan.
sries the experiment. It will noycr
be done with safety until ths time comes when
nature is robbed Of her innoht secrets, and tue
chemist announces 10 tho world that It can
keed-tlmes and hatYcsts.
i. A correspondent, ''paniB," in your Issue Of
tho 29th ult.. seems to sec In Prof. Horsfora'a
bread preparations tho roal romol7 Tor tho tor-
1iblo deprivation OF mineral food in white ]our.
lias 1t really COMO to this, that ono man can |
take such wonderful product as nlloat, and, In
making 1t into whta Hour, subtract from it
the vital o'olnents, aud thun ask another man
10 camo 70 tho rpncuo, and NTH ! chemical
prnnaraton iestoro tie miusiuU properties
~ tut what Tue world las got to depend upon
20 restore q and preserve health, to suatan and
prolong lfo and to buiid up strong and
Vigorous raca OF people? Il man with hia
fa!hblttes, his cupldity, aud lis othor infir1nt.
tics, 10 os trusted with such an all-important
way i'll such vital matter ns this to attempt 10
culo ono cyil by aiding another God foi bid
iheto III pllt Qua answer to such fallnc!eB, |
WHICH IT, ttat every departure io this domain oi
food organization from tho DID, oid-faslione1 |
ways Of nature, la step III tho wrong direction,
away from .he truth. aud which wili as cor.
tain ~ tho sun 1hincs lead to disaster.
Nature cover CheatY-she payn dollar for dnt, |
1at. Give her the materials, aud aLo will un-
eeasnEIy and always yield to you full account,
sna Wien sao tfesents you with ripe, plump,
souud whoat. ahc gives you = food that NUN eau |
never maize. She Las subtle, underlying, In |
e1abe Hecrot III It's preparation, iuipartiug to 1t
. l!fe's'stalnlnE rital,ty which Bhe will never
yield up to the chemist.
4 b not intended in what has been said to I
call ia question tho purity Or usefulness il tho !
domestic economy Of Horaford'n substitutes for
croam OF tartar and aota Which are his bread j
preparation. but to shoW, that In tho worry M.
:Eni1n can be respected, no 1nnttar how we'll sum
ported BY great names or ecientiilo authoritios:
y nat there afo economies in ths provisions Of 9
sasnfe s1d sof ine suSenanee o. m md support Of tho
'an mover uBurp or Bupplant,
Now. q word further to your correspondent a
panis.@ He objects TO Hour Of tho viola +
'hstie and nitroGeuols olonlonts SIMPLY becauua :
n addition 1t may have small Percentage of | Il
ilca- Now. tho amount or pilica In wheat d. .
'enda somewhat upon tho variety and tbe sn,l d
!pon which it III ratarj. L.. tho hard iut wLeat
ho Quantity tn Eraascst tas high ~ per cent} c.
Fh!Ie the softer white wiotcr var,etios those 9f q
ihtch the beHt whote-wlaoat lour IL made. and Il
notably tho - cold air attstion," tho percentsgo
small. aud In this latter flour It ID seally to-
ucod TO mero.traco by the thorough mechsn. t
:ai securing tho wheat ts subjected to before Il
curing. But that it III really objectionable, ~ !
% states. isa mootcd point With physioloxlsts, i
tho corresponding clement Is found In thc 4
ystem- Again. What, according to "Psais' view
thia matter, u to becomo OF tho oat-mea! .
atess, for oat contains 20 per cent silica; Ia c
atIneal nowing indigosslon aud dyspopsia 0
Foadca4t. by compelling human sto1achs to | t
coAruo foEm7 q
! have not the Tins, neither 10 tlero spaco in Il
our columns 70 discuss a!i thess questions in il
:uch lihe to do. Medical eocieties and dantsi | q,
must take tllem up. and 9,yo tbo ii
ght direction . th. public aenslmens BY tho v
Of sound aud reliable tn nformntjo,,
go from III clsp-trsp aud uopsense, -.fnr tho n,
ecossties Of the tims and tho enfesb!ed and pl
Aea!th of tho people llnpera.iy DIV pi