Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-17
NO PHYsIC WITH OUR FOOD.
4 PHOSPHATE Baking Powder Theory That
Is Dangerous If Not Ridiculous,

APhOsDbRtlc Baking Powder Theory That
is Dangerous If Not Ridiculous.
That is a rather dangerous proposition
put forth by the manufacturers Of some of
the patented or proprietary articles of food,
that their products possess q superior
wholesomeneSs because they contain a
drug of some particular medicinal prop
crty. PhosphateS, alum, lime, arsenic,
calomel, etc have their places as specifics
for different diseases, and are invaluable
medical remedies, each in its place. But
they are not curt-Ills. The physician who
should prescribe either calomel, or strych.
nine, or rhublrb three times u day to mau,
woman and child, sick or well, because
either of such drugs is n well.known rem
edy for some certain disease, would receive
but little hoaOr from the fraternity and
less practice from the community.
No mi will contrOvert this statement;
yet we ind manufacturers Of baking pow
deIs claiming superior hygieuic virtue for
their productions ard urging their con-
tinuOus use because they are alleged 10
carry the phosphate used in makiog them
Ia cheap substitute for cream OF tartar,
procured from the boGes of dead animals
into the food, although well aware, as
they must be, Of the fact that With the ron.
slant use Of such article, the drug must pass
into Our SyGteOs daily, no matter what
may be our ply siCal conditions or require.
ments, or whether or not we may be suffer
ing from some ailment wherein the use of
such drug would be positively detrimental.
Both alum and phOsphates are useful men,
dicamerts in certain diseases; but they
should no mols be taken indiScriminately
day after DAY ana witnOut tie ,. esc.iptiOr
ofa physician, than arsenic, aconite or cal
Omel; indeed, there are conditions of The
system, particularly with women, Wien
the prudent physician would be 10th 10
permit tie Use Of lime phoSphates even as
a EediAlus.
The fallaCy OF TINS utSiTG vi toe mgnutac
turers Of phosphate baking powders will
be apparent to all when the fact, well
known to physicians, is stated, that in
average health aud with ordinary food the
body get pore phOsphates than are re-
guiredo or cay be SsSlG.l@te3, as is evidenced
by The feet thai they are cGH2,sapy being
expelled in the C%cretions, both solid and
liquid; likewise the statement that il is
necessary TO add phospha'es to the baking
powder 10 restore to the -four those which
have been lost in the milling, for it is true
that ine lour as at present made actually
cah Ans q larger percentage Of phosphate
tLsn It's ags,4 W gseJt ltaclI.
The object Of BAKING p0SdeE- IL DO, IL
ploviie the body with a medicine, but
simply to yesiculdte or make light the
mixture Of flour, 70 az TO render it when
baked easy of maSticatioD and perfectly di-
gesl'bis. "he most celebrated experts in
the business baNe WyrKGy Sc, the Derfec-
ton Of an article that should DO this me
c~L4uiG2liY, edding TO or taking from the
h)ur notary nsr ~ guy way etlecting a
change In It's properties OF constituents.
When this has been done the perfect leav-
ening agent has been discovered. The
manufacturers Of tho Royal Baking Pow
der bave succeeded in this so far ~ TO
I4aSe 2 leavening agent that vesiculates
and naises lGe isa, @cst perfectly,
and without changing tle pyogerl,es
OF tie Hour while the Tesiduum
from 1t has IsSu reduced TO Q minimum.
Luz anu SulP'Ol'ui Ho"tNofI " FlVNR g
this result is not p~osphatic, but the acid OF
highly refined cream OF tartar, which, the
health authorities agree, renders that pow
der perfectly pure and more reliable and
LeaItLtuf tlab EDJ Site;. The recent Sfi-
cial tests SHOW, on tie OTHER LaDg, tUal
the best the phosphate baking powder
makers can do is to produce an article that
is one-third or more residuum or impur-
ity.
We WSFt cnr food pure; especially do we
not wish to tate 4'4G4, !iT;e Hud phos-
pilates with il az the di.thla o. .lsudtac-
turers who may fad it cheaper to claim a
virtue for the impurities than to remove