New-York tribune., 1878-10-26
rOM1TOES Is FOOD.

PROFESSOR ARNOLD, OF ROCHESTER, DECLAhlA
THEM HEiLTHFUL-THEY CONTAIN 50 CANCER
PRODUCING MArTER-PoIsoN N FOOD.
To ne EdjtOr of TAe Tribune.
SIR: Tomatoes contain neither cancers nor
clneer-producng matter Cancers are composed OF AL
mal matter, not vegetable, AMI therefore cannot De
directly derived rrcm ;he vegetable kingdom. Tomatoes
are not without defects article OF food I1cy
are NOT Ike mix perfect diet Of themselves md bee
sdes ike most other articles of food, they contain soue
obnoxious qualities. Bu; they need not ne thrown ASIDE
on that account Nature has provided us with such Eff
cJept excretory organs that obnoxious matter 10 euF
food II in moderate amount "a readily cast out, aud thr
body l. protected against any material MUIR We're
not So We should be o5ed to throw out Of oui dietary
many kinds of food eaten. not ony with npHnity
hut with advantage Thus red cabbage, cherries aud
peaches contain Prussc acld which is deadly poison
when taken IN suHueat quantity. The very sm'l.
amount OF the poisoning aed these vegetables con- u
il cast ous o. the system without any material injury 10
the person using them. positive good may aetuaiF
be derived from the OF food containing some snct
foreign by way Of giving increased activity and
strength 10 the eKeret0ry organs from their
casting such foreign matter rom our bodies pro- ed
Sincc we are all habe tke m food sub
stances the tendency OF winch harmful. GOOD Ceve-
Opment 81 efficiency lE our 'xcf HE eIkdH' y ufeer
srv % prlr.Ct against tbe prtnicou> elects wnicA
might 0ti,"v.a- occur Almost cv ~ ''J 90 afn lti
frnt IN u.r contains morr or lrss Ot things when u u
larger amuU.I would p.Ye nurtfl. tLes- We riurrlF
pect IT, Freedman, hO, many years a-o ai>'os ir!
substaIi, wn~tt bran, which. under thr hign neat
psp ~ baking dissolved and spread OVtl tic cruEH
bread which bran forms pant. tAa ll-cni"r,d 4i
and hence the brown STAN peculiar 90 GRAHAM uI'io.
Blt from mis- discovery sHcH bread has NOT been r.
irrfed ilI continues accOu ted among The most
whole some kinds Of lO3d r. seldom usea without
r,ckonpd among the most hcashtrl Tea contains
fannie acq. aUplgs contain ml acId, lemons ana
or.ures cillc ac3. neither at which used either 2.
nutrition respiration Dut they only hccomt once
tI0uaBlr when used excessively.
Tomatoes tn common wuh W II CirF- fruits, contain
soue poisonous matter They auC th, eggpiaut J"r-
,1l lem cherry, bter--Vrtt deadly nign. Siade Gnd iLt
common vo-ito plant au u.l0ug o. she genus
solqHu-tuc ~ species ~ which - more o.
l..s UoiSouols. but none o. them very much The
fruit or The deadly ngut shade Jnt or ihr potato inta
10 ballsl are probably the most poisonous But even
fhe., are not very nurtlEL The smaller amount elL-
roincd u tOultOes allows ~ their Deing cassed gH
ryp them . peculiar flavor APT 10 be- rcli-hed nv dr
accustomed pilates. whic soon r'IdCrS frfct-
able Used very largely Tomatoes would aoUute-~ tt-
veop spec hc rrsts peculiar 20 tic ffa OF the nI-
Ia which they belong, especially WG feeble lef-oLS M
those who .ruIa their peculiar constitutions are sIscri
uble such influences Bur when moderately used Nv
Dprs0us IN fair health there reason Tor rsee
iug them than would oe rejecting lettuce FOR the
opium 10 contains.
PIe-p.anJ stands Ia similar rciati0re. r. p.cgIc.t
chsracte-l-tc nd haVO" the rC'ut Ot oNdbo acid
which - powerful poison. For pers0Ds not >hayinV
-uoFc OK suyh strong actd. ana Oi
those in Whose. toms there r. already excess or
moderate ~ by people u coumon hc'h r. %" more
Objectionable t.au many Utheg IpG inoAr n dB hr'
and regarded ~ Healthful. / IS ARNOLD.
Rochester, v. J., Oct -. srs~.