The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-11-07

in the other a like quantity of Pas
kola; fill them with water, shake thor.
oughly and add to each forty drops Of
muriatic or hydrochlOric acid, in order TO
initiate the acidity of the natural gastric
juice. Having previously finely minced a
quantity of rare or raw lean beef, chicken,
the white of hard boiled eggs or similar
foods; put into each bottle one ounce.
Immerse the bottles in warm water and
carefully maintain the contents at a tenn
pera ure of 100 TO 105 degrees Fahrenheit,
frequently shaking in order to thoroughly
expose the food to the action of the solu-
ton.
In the course of a very short time the
contents of the bottle containing Paskola
will be seen to undergo a change, and in
two or three hours the food will have be
come entirely dissolved or digested :
whereas the contents of the other bottle
containing the glucose and acid viii show
no change beyond slight difference in
appearance.
If you have neither the facilities nor
the inclination to make the test for your
self, we have no doubt that your druggist
will be glad to try the experiment. The
tubes herewith show the results of a test
made in our own laboratory, the cuts
being from a photograph. No. l con.
| tained glucose, and No Paskola. What
are we to conclude One of two things:
either that the so called chemists" are
| ignorant or dishonest.
Glucose has no digestive properties
| This is a well known fact, whereas Pas
| kola is giving relief to thousands of dys'
peptics, a truth attested by the un
| solicited testimonials that pour in upon
us. The presence of digestive ferments
| in PaSkola cannot be determined by
chemical test No one has even seen
! digestive fermeuts in pure form, and
| the only way to determine their presence
| tg htr Cltg the atfArtq which thAy
produce upon food. This is a fact recog
nized by every authority and will be
found stated in Fosters Physiology ant
other standard works.
Another thing which these ignorant
and Jealous rivals have said about Pas
kola, is that inasmuch as it's basis is pre-
digested starch, it is calculated to en-
courage diabetes.
We cannot better answer this charge
than by quoting paragraph from a
report made to Mayor GilrOy, o.
New York, by DR.. Cyrus Edison, Com
missioner of Health for the City OF
New York, and for the State of New York
"Pre-digested starch is starch in the
exact condition that we tiud it prepared
by the digestive organs for assimilation
It is pre-emiuently a fat.forming, heat
producing food. Under a diet of pre-
digested starch or glucose, a man can per
form more muscular work than unde
any OGutE HlhBlC dlVlSlC VI AooA' = iO
digested starch not only is not injurious
but it is an essential article of food, with
out which in some form, man cannot en-
joy life"
This letter from DR.. Edison was writer
in answer to an inquiry from the Mayo
as to whether or not pre.digested starcl
was healthful
Paskola contains a specific form of pre-
digested starch as well as digestive fer
meuts, and is not alone a fattenng foo
but it aids the digestion of other foods il
the stomach, just as you may see in tn
above experiment. The tired, teebl
stomach OF the dyspeptic is too weak t.