The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-03-31

are poorly developed anc epidemic
diseases are prevalent. For these
reasons the rabbis prohibited the
use of shellfsh, pork, certain parts
of other animals and whatever food
they believed to be unhealthy or
unclean. The men who framed these
laws had a practical knowledge of
physiology, and knew what was
good for their people and what was
not. Persons who imagine that the
rabbis were Influenced by religious
motives only, are mistaken.
''The blending Of meat and milk
in cold climates, is, l believe, not
injurious. Where, however, decom-
i position of muscular tissue of the
meat and curdling of the milk
take place l ain satisfied that
deleterious germs are the result.
The Talmud speaks clearly on this
subject, and it's teaching on this
and other subjects Of hygiene might
be studied with advantage by all
modernists. In regard to this spe-
cial regulation about meat and milk
| believe it was framed because in
the warm climate of the East 1t
was found necessary to provide all
possible safeguards against infec-
tious diseases, and experience had
proved that meat and milk did not
go we'll together. In the same
manner we to-day prohibit the use
of diseased fruit. vegetables and
flesh, and are especially careful in
Summer when cholera is dreaded.
"Orthodox Hebrews in this city
are Just as careful about their diet
as their ancestors were. They buy
their meat from butchers who get
it killed by regularly licensed
slaughterers. These slaughterers,
known as schochets, must have di-
plomas certifying that they can dis
tinguish between sound and dis
eased meat. The meat which they
kill is known as kocher meat, and
is stamped with regular seal,
which purchasers can examine.
Some portions of a carcass Hebrews
will not eat for any consideration.
The hindquarter they will not eat
on account of the veins in 1t, and
though they eat the liver and the
heart they will not touch the kid
nevs. In like manner they abstain
from oysters, Holsters and all fish
on which scales are not visible to
the naked eye. All such fish are
rightly regarded as scavensers, and
it is pretty generally admitted that
their flesh is exceedingly indigesti-
BILE. Even the poorest Hebrews
those living in Baxter street. Mul-
berry street and on the center side
Of the city OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the
dietary regulations strictly, and, as
a consequence, whatever meat they
buy is clean and good. Of course
it costs them little more than it
otherwise would, as the slaughter
ing is expensive, but then they have
the satisfaction of knowing that
what they are eating is clean and
healthy In conclusion the doctor
referred to the Mosaic code. and
said that he defed any legislator
to frame more perfect set of laws.
"And, mind you," he explained,
az don't say this because l am a
Hebrew, but because l believe 1t to
be the absolute truth"
DR.. Leo also said that he had
tried the experiment of placing a
fibre of meat in a glass of milk,
and had found it followed by no
alarming results. The meat and
milk, he explained, were both fresh,
and the temperature Was not warm
enough to induce rapid decompo,,
sition. At the same time, he said
that personally he did not believe
meat and milk should be used to
any great extent, if at all, at the
same meal. When he was asked it
there had at any time been any talk
about modifying the Hebrew diet
ary regulations in this particular,
he replied that he had not heard OF
any, and that all orthodox Hebrews
were firmly satisfied that the sound
hygienic laws, which had governed
their forefathers for centuries, was
| rood onOnoh for them