The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-17


! Take two pint bottles AMI in one place
a tablespoonful of glucose and in 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 guam
tlty of rare or raw lean beef, chicken,
the white of hard boiled eggs or similar
foods; put into each bottle one onuce.
! lmmerse the bottles in warm water and
carefully maintain the contents at a
temperature Of 100 to 150 degrees Fahr-
enheit, 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 a change,
and in two or three hours the food will
Will have become entirely dissolved or
digested whereas the contents of the
other bottle containing the glucose and
acid will show no change beyond a
slight difference in appearance.
III you have neither the faculties 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 test made In our own labora-
tory, the cuts being from a photograph.
No. l contained glucose, and No. .
Paskola. What are we to conclude? :?
One OF two things: either that the So
called chemists" are ignorant or dis
honest.
Glucose has no digestive properties.
This Is we'll known fact, whereas Pas
kola Is giving relief 10 thousands of dys-
peptics, Il truth attested by the unsoli-
cited testimonials that pour in upon us.
The presence of digestive ferments In
Paskola cannot be determined by chem
ical test. No one has ever seen digest
i've ferments in q pure form, and the
only way to determine their presence is
by observing the effects which they pro-
duce upon food This is a fact recog-
nized 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
encourage diabetes.
We cannot better answer this charge
than by quoting paragraph from re-
port made to Mayor Gilroy, of New
York, by DIR. Cyrus Edison. commits
sioner 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 1t prepared
by the digestive organs for assimilation.
1t Is pre-eminently fat-forming, heat
producing food. Under diet Of pre-
digested starch or glucose, man can
perform more muscular work than un-
der any other single article of foood,
without which in some form, man cam
not enjoy life"
This letter from Dr. Edison was writ
ten in answer to an inquiry from the
mayor as to whether or not pre-dlgested
starch was healthful.
Paskola contains q special form of
pre-digeSted starch as we'll as digestive
ferments, and Is not alone a fattening
food but it aids the digestion of other
foods in the stomach, just as you may
see in the above experiment. The tired,
feeble stomach of the dyspeptic is too
weak to do its duty. 1t needs a little