Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-04-06

are Taking Poison i'm their
Daily FO0d----A Prolific
Source OF Dyspepsia Sell
| entiGcaIIy Demon.
strated.
from the New York Tribunel
A series OF highly interesting exper.
iments with dogs has been lately
made by Prof. Mott, and in the Scien-
tific American, Of February 7th, q
detailed account Is given, The dis.
closures are SO unpleasant aud start
ling, coming home, as they do, to
every one, that we believe they should
be given the greatest publicity. The
effort DR.. Mott Is making to purify our
articles OF kitchen use should receive
the support of every thinking man
and woman. There has been too much
Indifference on this suhect-an In
difference that has resulted Ia Amer
leans earning the title of "a race of
dyspeptics." Poison, year after year,
Is introduced into the stomac with q
criminal disregard to consequences
that is appalling. II every purveyor
OF domestic supplies will carefully
consider the result OF DR.. Motifs ex-
periments, as detailed In the Scientific
American, one Of the greatest, II not
the greatest, of these evils will be cors
rected.
DIR. Mott says: "The Introduction
of alum In flour, for various purposes,
has been trick of the baker for the
past 100 years. Fortunately for So
ciety, its introduction is limited now
to few INSCRIPTIONS bakers. In
England, France and Germany 1t Is
an offense punishable by fine and i'm
prisonment to use alum In any con-
nectlou with articles Of food. II should
be go in America"
The Royal Baking Powder Com.
pany, OF this city, long-established
corporation, celebrated for the absolute
purity OF their goods, some time ago
com menced vigorous warfare against
many OF their competitors who were
indulging In hurtful adulteration.
The contest excited great interest In
scientific circles, in which Prof. An
gell, DR.. Mott and other leading lights
took very prominent part. The
experiments of DR.. Mott are a result
Of this discussion, and go to prove
conclusively that the most dangerous
adulteratiou that a community has to
guard against is alum In baking pow
der Tn his paper, the Doctor says :
1T was with difficulty I found a
suitable place to conduct the expert.
menls, so that the animals would not
disturb the nelghborhood; but, through
the courtesy of the Com missioners OF
the Dock Department, 1 secured a shed
on their premises, foot Of Sixteenth
street and East river. This shed I had
completely remodeed into suitable
house, having the dimensions of about
16Xl4xl2 feet. Sixteen stalls were
made inside, having the Dimensions Of
34x2x24 feet. The bottom Of each
compartment was covered with straw,
making a pleasant bed for the dogs.
then secured 10 dogs from the Pound,
which were all carefully examined to
see If they were In perfect state OF
health, None but the strong, healthy
dogs were selected. The breed, age,
food, color and weight of every dog
was carefully noted. Each dog was
then confined to a stall and securely
chained, aud they all received nuns
ber, from l to 1e. l commenced my
experiments on the 9Th Of September
and finished December 3rd. My as.
sistant was with the dogs from morn.
ing until night, and never left the
animals without first securely boiling
and locking the dog-house. No
stranger was allowed to enter the
house unaccompsnled either by my
self or my assistant and the dogs
never received moulhful of food or
anything else from any one except
from my assistant or myself. will
now detail the result Of my experts
ments:
DOG No. breed OF dog, coach.
Age; year. Health, perfect. Food,
bread and crackers. Color, spotted
black and white. Weight, 35 pounds.
ITO 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 -four, 20 teaspoons alum
baking powder. 2 cups water, table,
spoon. butter, % biscuits made, weigh
ing 27 ounces; time Of baking, 20
minutes.
"At 1880, Just three hours aud
twenty minutes, the dog was taken
very sick, vomiting profusely; his vim
aud brightness of eye had departed,
and he trembled considerably in his
limbs"
Experiments were then made upon
three dogs with biscuits containing
only 10 teaspoons Of alum baking
powder. The result Indicated that
some animals are more liable to yield
to the effects OF poisonous substances
than others are. When, on the other
hand, three other dogs were fed with
biscuits made with pure cream of
tartar baking powder, no Ill effects
were experienced They ate and ate
with an evident relish, day after day,
and even wbined for more.
1t was next necessary to discover
what effect alum has on the solvent