Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-28
An Exclusive Diet,
EFEEcrs on TEE HUMAN SYSTEM OF EATING MOTH
ING But BAKED BEANS AND OATMEAL.

EFEEcrs on rHR HUMAN SYSTEM OF EATING MOTH
ING But BAKED BEANS AND OATMEAL.
From the New York Mail and Express.
II must tell you an experiment my old friend,
DIR. James 81. Salisbury, made in Ohio ccn-
tinued the doctor. HE employed six healthy
men, ranging in age from twenty-five TO forty
years, and in weights from las to 1.2 pounds.
He paid them $50 month, fed them ex-
clusively on baked beans and coffee, required
them to take a two-mile walk morning and
evening, retire at ?. m, and rise at 6 a. m.
wanted. On the Sd day they began TO bloat
badly. By the 9Th day their ears we're ring
ing, they were dizzy and their hands and feet
prlcked. symptoms of progressive paralysis
began to show themselves on the 10th day In
all six cases, and these symptoms daily in
creased thereafter. On the 18th day the dis
ease was 80 marked that not one of them
could walk straight without support AL wob-
bled and dragged their legs not being able to
lift them from the floor. On the twentieth day
he changed their diet. They had lost from
eighteen to twenty-five pounds apiece. He
tissue and bread, and they ate ravenously and
soon recovered.
"Dr. Salisbury next tried four stout. hearty
men on oatmeal porridge. seasoned with butter,
pepper and salt. and allowed them at each
meal pint of coffee seasoned with sugar and
milk. The second day they commenced to be-
come fiatulent. On the fourth day collie pains
The seventh day the arrangements were more
marked Fifteenth day. nightmare and bad
dreams; very dull, mixed and stupid, stomach
distended with gas, ringing ears, heart irregu-
lar. feet and hands numb. and mouth and
throat covered with sticky mucus. Their symp-
toms grew more alarming until the thirtieth
day, when he did not deem it prudent to con-
time the experiment, and the moment he re-
sorted to other foods they began to recover: So
that is sufficient evidence that neither baked
beans nor oatmeal possesses the life energy
which people imagine they do
DIR. Cutter says that bread, rice, wheaton
grits, hominy, sago. tapioca and potatoes have
each been fed upon continuously for from
forty to forty-fve days before serious diseases
are very similar in their action upon the human
body and cause like arrangements and
pathological states. They sustain the organism
far better and can be borne longer than any
other vegetable ailment before grave disturb
ances arise from their exclusive use. Where
the exclusive feeding is kept up too long
either consumption Of the bowels or lungs or
both may result; or Bright's disease, diabetes,
paresis, fatty diseases of the liver, spleen
or heart or fbrous consumption may
be the outcome. Green peas and
string beans rank in point Of alimentary
qualities. Green corn. turnips, beets and
squash cannot be subsisted upon exclusively
for more than a very short period before grave
arrangements will ensue. Asparagus is the
most injurious of all vegetables when lived on
alone. They attack the kidneys. Meats can
be subsisted on longer than any other food.
and the reason is this, that the first organ Of
the digestive apparatus-the stomach-is a
meat-digesting organ. But this refers particu-
larly to beefsteak. Eggs. fish, pork, veal,
chickens. turkey and game, if eaten in undue
proportions, will result in meat dyspepsia, pro-
ducing great distress and oppression, the gulp-
~ r,,a1 4l,o&
phurated hydrogen and then sickness, weak
ness and loss of appetite.