The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-04-14
RESULTS OF vIvIsECTIoN..
Interesting Experimeuts-ProSsssor Mott
Shows Eow People Are Taking
Poison in Their Daily Fed.
A Prolific Source of Dyspepsia scieatisicssESr
Demonstrated.



ruary a detailed account is given. Tie dis
| closures are so unpleasant and startling, com.
ing home, as they 90, to every one, that we
| believe they should be given the greatest pub
licity. The effort DR.. Mott is making to pu-
rlfy our articles OF kitchen use should
ing man and woman. There has
been too much indifferent on this subject-an
indifference that has resulted in A1nerieans
earning the title of "a race of dyspeptios1
Poison, year after year, Is introduced into the
stomach with criminal disTegard to conse-
quences that is appalling It every purveyor
OF domestic supplies wall carefully consider
the result OF Dr. Motifs experiments, as de-
greatest II not the greatest, OF these evils Will
Dr. Mott says: "The introduction of alum i'm
| flour, for various purposes, has been a Trick O.
the baker for the past loo years. Fortunately
for socie y, It's Introduction is limited now to-
q few inscriptions bakers. In England,
France and Germany IL is an offeDse punish
able by line and imprisonment to Use alum in
any connection with articles OF food Il
should be so in America -
IN" Royal Baking Powder company, OF this
| for the absolute purity Of their goods, some
time ago commenced vigorous warfare
against many OF their competitors who were
indulgIng in hurtful adulteration. The con-
test excited great interest in scientific circles,
In which Professor Angel, DR.. Mott, and.
| other leading lights took a very prominent
part The experiments of DIR. Mott are result
OF this & discussion. and go to prove oOnciusively
that the most dangerous adulteratiOn that
community has to guard against is alum
In baking powder. In his paper, the
| found a suitable place TO conduct the expert
ments so that the animals would not disturb
| the neiehborhood; but, through the courtesy
| of the commissioners of the dock department,
| secured shed on their premises, foot of
sixteenth street and East r1ver. The shed
| had completely remodelec into a suite BILE
| house, have the dimensions of. about l6xl4xl2
| feet sixteen stalls were made inside, having
| OF each compartment was covered with straw,
| making pleasant bed for the dogs then
ali carefully examined to see if they were
| IN perfect state OF, NJ alth. None
st,,ot Dat the r,d strong, SIg., healthy dogs were
/ weight of every dog was carefully noteo. Each
1 DOG was then confined to a stall and securely
| chained. and they all received - number,
/ from one TO 10. / commenced my expert
ments on the 9th OF September and finished
/ December 3. My assistant was with the dogs
| from morning until night and never left the
/ animals without first securely bolting and
ioSsed sIe enter tbe hS 10 so,Sngen HaS a.
either by myself or my assistant, aud the.
dogs never received nouthful OF food or any
thing else from anyone except from my assist
/ ant or myself L Will now detail the result OF
/ my experiments:
year; health, perfect; food, bread and crack
ers; color, spotted black and Waite; weight, 81
10 this dog. on the morning of the 9Th of
| September, was given eight biscuits at $40
| O'Clock. The biscuits Were made by myself as
follows: One quart sifted flour, 20 teaspoonfuls
| alum baking powder, two cups water, one Ia
blesIoon butter, p biscuits made, veighing2
| ounces; time of baking, 20 minutes
| At Il:30, Just three hours and 20 minutes, tb G
| dog was taken very sick, vomiting ProfuSel :,
| his vim and brightness OF eye had departe d
| and he trembleo C Dnsderably IN his limbs.
| Experiments were then. made upon thI ee
degs with biscuits containing only 10 n "a
| spoons OF alum baking powder. The result in.
| dlcated that some animals are more liable 10
| yield TO the effects of poisonous subStar ces
than others are When ,on ohe.other hand Z lree
| other dogs were led with biscuits made witt
pure cream tartar baking powder, no iii ef fects
| were experienced. They ate ann ate wit b an
| evident relsh, day after day, and even WI lined
/ for more.
| 1t was next necessary te discover what effect
| alum has on the solvent power OF the I rastriC
juice. In order to obtain some pure sasrrt iuics
| curious ueNlce was resorveo TO- Dr. NC 1T .en
several dogs To Professor Arnold, medi cal de.
partment of the University of New Yof K VINO
1 inserted a. small metallic tube directly eproux b
| the SKIN aud into the stomach OF each one ol
| Them, when the dogs were in a ,erfectIy
| healthy condition: Professor Arnold sent DIR.
| Mott some gastric inice, which was produced
| by tickling the lining of the stomso d OF the
dogs with a feather or glass rod, whj oh cause ed
The gas trio juice to flow ont Of the lbe into a
receptacle placed underneath the .og to re
| DR.. Mott, aided by Professor ST edler. ther
began some experiments with thief our "a !, pIe,
| OF gastric juice which he had re ceiyed from
Profee sor Arnold, to discover the effect Of the
| gastric jnice in which alam had b' zen dissolved
| upon nbrine, white, very ca siiv digestec
| substance having basis OF coaf ,ulated blood
4 The fibrine was inperfe2tly dig esIed, and tht
| experiments were very tmpOrta at, as showins
! that alum can check the otgesti on of so easilS
| digested a substance as nbriDe. They inu icate
| therefore, how dangt Bous IL s 10 introd nc,
/ these two salts into our stomaC MS If we DO no
1 wish to excite Indigestion md dyspepsia
Further experiments showed that the digest
| I've power of the gastric jul e is entirely de
stroYed by alum, so far as Its ooIyer of disSolv
| ing the more indigestible su distances. like th,
| boiled white OF an egg, Is con cerned
Dr. Mott then determined 10 learn whether
alumlna coulu oe louno IN the various organ,
/ OF the BODY Ii oog was Le d with hydrate o.
aiumlna te lo1nub en1tS derable quantity OF
/ the stuffin the blood, liver, kidneys and heart
| The doctor goes on 20 at scribe the different
symptoms exniDlteu bS these DOGS as they
/ passed through almost ~ cry phase OF animal
agony untiltney were 1zf In a complete STATE
| OF physical prostraton. To those especially
interested III tne uelan of this subject the
article in fhe-Scienti9seI ,merIcan sunnlemeni
will give most ccmp,ee information, and we
will spare the sympAthE Tic reader the account
of the suffer,nesoi thss dumb brutes
Mr.. Motifs o0noiuSi0 as, after making these
experiments are or vi al interest to every one
| who either MAKES Srf ats bread, and therefore
.afhese experimes ,ts,v said he recently.
while speaking bel ore the American Cnemi-
cal society. clearly demonstrate that she salts
| let ic the oiseu1A when cream OF tartar
baking powder Is " sed are perfectly harmless,
bus when an alunl baking powder is used are
| very dangerous, no in every case where dogs
the dogs were ras de very siek, causkig them
kto.vomit proinss1 y, lose all energy, and show
; weakness In their limbsss
| 1t Is a clear an d trium chant confederation OF
The assertions OF the Royal Baking Powder
company, and entities them to the gratitude
|
| deavoriDg 70 protect As they claim, and DIR
Mott has shown, bre IA ma of alum is totally
unfit for human or. animal food. Tis tue
In the bread II yomestic consumption there
may not be. as large pro
portion OF oakr ig powders as was In the
bread used by ID !. Mott, and that accounts fol
the tact that the symptoms In the resdel
are not SO well defined as they were In the ex
| per1menls IN question. How many there art
| OF our lmme dlate friends suffering from thl
D evil, sclenu hc Investigation win alone.reveal
g na. ,,h many a lingering and suffering Invalid
4 with no efined idea of his trouble. can easil,
= | trace III its source by stopping the use o
u alum pe ,wders substituting some brand lik
= the nc syal Baking Powder, whose manufac
T turer have competent chemist In their ex
q ciusl ee employ, who rigicly analyses ever1
ing fedient before It's incorporation into thei
powder. The old cry of "honesty seing tn
est policy" may be worn threacbsre, but IL
l. 6ruth will hold forever, and, while adultera
~ tons and short weights abound. a rs a pleas
= ure to nee at least one In the trade strenuousl,
, endeavoring to give fun weights and pur
goods. 1 .tai.' ..i- Lcsif
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