Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-11-10


Take two pint bottles and In one place
a tablespoonful OF glucose and il the
other a like quantity Of Paskola; fill
them with water, shake thoroughly 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 or
chicken, the white of hard boiled eggs
or similar foods; put into each bottle
one ounce. immense the bottles in
warm water and carefully maiutain the
contents at a mperature OF 100 TO lO5
degrees Fahrenheit, frequently shaking
in order TO thoroughly expose the food
to the action of the solution.
In the course of very short time tho
contents Of the bottle containing Pas
kola will be seen To undergo a change,
and 10 two or three hours the food will
have become entirely dissolved or d.
gested; whereas the contents OF the
other bottle containing the glucose and
acid will show no change beyond a
slight difference In appearance.
If you have neither the facilities nor
the inclination to make the test for
yourself, we have no doubt that your
druggist will be glad to try the expert
ment. The tubes herewith show the re-
suits of a test made in our own labora-
tory, the cuts being from a photograph.
No. l contained glucose, and No.
Paskola. What are we to concludeG
One of two things, either that the So
called chemists" are ignorant or dis
honest
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 unso
solicited testimonials that pour in upor
US. The presence Of digestive ferment'
in Paskola cannot be determined by
chemical test. No one has ever seer
digestive ferments in pure form, and
the only way to determine their pres
ence is by observing the effects which
they produce upon food. This is fac
recognized by every authority, and vii
be found stated in Fosters Physiology
and other standard works.
Another thing which these ignorant
and jealous rivals have said about Pas
koa, is that inasmuch as its basis is pre-
digested starch, 1t is calculated to en-
courage diabetes.
We cannot better answer this charge
than by quoting a paragraph from
report made TO Mayor Gilroy, Of New
York, by DR.. CYRUS Edison, Commission
er 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 find it prepared
by the digestive organs for assimilation
II is preepinently fat-forming, heat
producing food. Under a diet OF pre-
dgested starch or glucose, a man car
| perform more muscular work than IN
! der any other single article Of food
! Pre-digestei starch not only is not In
furious, but il is an essential article o.
food, without which, ia some form
mau cannot enjoy life"
This letter from DR.. Edison was writ
ten ia answer to an inquiry from the
Mayor as TO whether or not pre-digest
ed starch was healthful.
Paskola contains a special form OF pre-
! digested starch as we'll as digestive fer
ments, and is not alone iattening fooC
but il aids the digestion of other food
in the stomach, just as you may see il
the above experiment. The tired, ieebl'
stomach of the dyspeptic is too weak