The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-23

A. lhere is an injurious constituent lett
after the mixture of alum and bicarbonate
OF soda.
Q. Without using any nicely of chemi-
cal terms, what is your opinion about the
use OF alum in baking powder, in combi-
nation with bicarbonate soda and other
ingredients, for raising bread whether in
furious or not?
A. think it is dangerous to the d.
gestive organs, and liable to produce
serious disturbance Of the liver of the in
dividual making use of such powders.
HENRY MORTON, President of Stevens In
stitute,N called in behalf of the plaintiff,
being duly sworn, testified as follows:
u You are President OF Stevens Insti-
tute!
a. am,
Q. And have for many years been
chemist
A. have.
q. Haveyou had occasion to examine
the substances which are used in the COM
position OF baking powdcrs2
A. ! have,
z. Did you, some time ago, examine a
sNmple OF Dooley's Baking Powder?
A. did.
u IS that II, sirf handing canl
a. Yes, SIR that IS It,
u Wei, what KIND OF alum did it con.
tain
A. 1t contained potash alum
Q. Did you make any extract of that
alum, to show the kind!
A. did; extracted large quantity
OF 1t as potash alum and 1t is IN that bot
tie winch have now here showing bot
tie that is potash alum which came out of
the alum Baking Powder that was
can.
flainti1 counsel oilers sad can OF Doc
ley baking Powder IN evidence.
O. Now, sir, have you made any ex-
pertinent IN the bread made from Baking
Powder, TO see whether there was any solu-
Die alumina IN the bread itself!
a. ! nave; l TOOK portion OF ms pow
der and mixed 1t with Hour in the directed
| proportions, ana baked small loaf with it;
then soaked TINS loai--the interior part
OF lt-in cold water, and made an extract,
IN winch readily detected, by the usual
tests alum that is alumina In soluble
conui'ioh'
" Does any BAKING Powder IN which
any aiumina salts enter, contain alumina, In
your opinion, whlch can De absorbed IN the
process Oh dlSestioh--arc not such objecta-
oie'
a. very uecioeoiy objectionable, In my
OPINION,
| ~ why ooyou say-irom what system I,
Oh reasoning 40 you make IL out-that be-
cause alum Is ipJuiious' aiuhiha Is inJuri-
GUS p A. ..
a. Deoause 'nc Injurious eHects OF
alulliina' mnch II se's ih'o lre stomach ana
ie"C's oh .ne oISahs' arc the same; TINS
nyarale ol a a'i meets IN the stomach
Tue Ras'lle Juices, anu reacts win them the
same as alulli "ouioi IL forms, IN TACT,
kinu OF alum IN tue stomach with those
aclus anu Whatever alum would 90, 1t
WouIu 10.
Dr. SAMUEL. W. JOHNSON,
ploi.ssoi VI cheihistly III the sclehtlnc
school, iaie ColieSe, being duly sworn,
teStineu as ioiiows'
y You nave hau much TO 90 In the ex-
ANIMATION Oh substances that enter into
ioou, ana the aduiteratlon OF foodE
' ~ -.
" Atter the use OF alum with soda, IN
BAKING powder, IN your OPINION, Is there
any injurious substance ieftI
A. In my opinion, there is an injurious
substance left.
| q what, sir, two years ago was the pre-
yailing opinion among scientific men as to
the effect of the use OF alum in baking
powders!
A. AS far as my acquaintance with SCI
entitc men is concerned, my personal
opinion is derived from my investigation
and from reading; should think the
opinion was that alum, or any compound of
alumina, would be decidedly injurious.
@. Do understand you to say that any
baking powder in which there are alumni
nous salts, or any resultant from alum which
could be absorbed in digestion, is objec-
tlonable and injurious?
A. Extremely so.
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