Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-24
ARTIFICIAL DIGESTION.


 Your reporter, among others, was re- gently requested to.witness an experiment. at the New York laboratory of the Pre- Digested Food Company. It seems that the digestive properties of Paskola, their new food, have been questioned in some quarters, and it was important that the matter should be defiEiteiy settled once for all. It was to see an actual test that we had received the invitation. tier a cordial greeting, the chemist in charge said: "Make yourselves comfortable, gentle men, and we will at once proceed to busi- ness.'' fs sss tss es'Y 4sFeSt-
 At this juncture one of the laboratory as- sistants appeared with supply of beef, h ard. boiled eggs, fish, poultry and game, which he had minced very finely in order to initiate the effects of natural mastica- tion. A quantity of interesting apparatus was then brought forth, and the mixed food having been divided into equal por- tions, was placed in two similar jars. To each of them was added acidulated water, but to one was made further addition of g dose of Paskola from bottle which your reporter had been instructed to purchase in the open market.
 Both jars were now warmed to the tenn perature of the body, and thus kept for two hours. At the end of this time the jars were removed from the dainty little oven in which they had stood, when 10! and be- hold, we found that whereas the contents of one of them had undergone no change whatever, the food in the other, to which had been added the Paskola, had literally dissolved like so much sugar, and clear, limpid solution was the result. This, to our uninibiated eyes, was most marvellous, and almost savored of magic, for we had often seen beef boiled in water without otherwise changing than to part with it's color. Yet here, at the gentle temper ature of the body, it had been rendered completely soluble. The chemist, while not surprised, was no less pleased than ourselves. He obseryed: "Gentlemen, if you would know whether or not Paskola possesses decided digestive properties, look co those jars for an answer.' ' The evil dence was conclusive, for the object lesson before us was so simple that we could not fail to comprehend tbe matter. He told us that the base of Paskola was artificially- digested starch aud that for this reason it was a flesh. producing food, vastly su- perior to cod liver oil or any ot the nauseous drugs heretofore used for this purpose. He stated, furthermore. that as we had seen, it possessed the property of digesting other foods in the stomach, and thus was an active aid to digestion. l was permitted to sketch the jars after the experiment had been completed, as reproduced above. The sediment SnOWn Dy the shading h Jar X 10. 1 represents the undigested food as when placed in it. We were told that thousands of sufferers had used Paskola with great benefit, and were shown large number of letters In this connection. quote from a few of them as follows:
 Mrs. w. 1T. Andrews of Gold Hill, Ala, says that she has been treated for years for indigestion by the most eminent physi- clans with only temporary benefit. She began taking Paskola four. weeks ago; has already gained eight (8) pounds, and now eats steak, chicken and in fact everything her appetite craves.
 R. P. Cross of "A Michigan avenue, Hammond, Ind, wrote that he gained four pounds the first week, and is so enthu- siastic that he pronounces Paskols superior to any medicine he ever saw.
 Mrs. M. l.. Grantz of Spring Valley, N. Y., whose letter was dated June 26, says that she, too, suffered from chronic dys- pepsia for years. At times even drink of water distressed her. She has been greatly benefited by the use iof Paskola, and says that she is now convinced by her general condition that she derives nourishment from food which she formerly did not. These statements but confirm the test which we had witnessed.
 The Pre-Digested Food company of No. 30 Reade street, New York, will gladly mail their free pamphlet on the subject of food and digestion to any one who may send their name.
 All druggists sell Paskola.