Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-11-03

clear by the following experiment.:
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
hVdrochloric acid, in order to Initiate the
acidity of the natural gastric juice.
Having previously finely minced q
quantity Of rare or raw lean beef or
chicken, the white of hard boiled eggs
or similar foods; put into each bottle
one ounce. Immerse the bottles In
warm water and carefully malntain the
contents at q emperature OF 100 to 105
degrees Fahrenheit, frequently shaking
in order to thoroughly expose the food
to the action Of the solution.
In the course of very short time the
contents of the bottle containing Pas
kola will be seen to undergo change,
and In two or three hours the food will
have become entirely dissolved or di-
gested; whereas the contents OF the
other bottle containing the glucose and
acid will show no change beyond a
slight difference In appearance.
II 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 herew with show the re-
suits Of a test made In our own la6ora-
tory, the cuts being from photograph.
No. 1 contained glucose, and No. 2
Paskela. What are we to concludeP
One OF two things, either that the So
called chemists" are ignorant or dis
honest.
Glucose has no digestive properties.
This is q well-known fact, whereas Pas
kola is giving relief to thousands OF dys-
peptcs, q truth sttested by the unso-
solicited testimonials that pour in upon
US. The presence Of digestive ferments
In Paskola cannot be determined by
chemical test. No one has ever seen
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 fact
recognized by every authority, and will
be found stated In Fosters Physiology
and other standard works.
Another thing which these ignorant
and jealous rivals have said about Pas.
kola, 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
or 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.
1t is prominently fat-forming, heat
producing food. Under q diet OF pre-
digested starch or glucose, a man can
perform more muscular work than IN
der any other single article OF food.
Pre-digestei starch not only is not In
furious, but it is an essential article Of
food, without which, In some form,
mau cannot enjoy lfe."
This letter from Dr. Edison was writ
ten in answer to an inquiry from the
Mayor as TO whether or not prs-diRest.
ed starch was healthful.
Paskola contains specie form OF pre-
digested starch as we'll as digestive fer
ments, and is not alone iattening food
but il aids the digestion OF other foods
In the stomach. just as you may see In
the above 0Xper ment. The tired. feeble
stomach of the uyspeptic is too weak