The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-10-31
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. 1t seems that
the digestive properties of Paskola, their
new food, have been questioned in some
quarters, aud it was important that the
matter should be definitely settled once
for all 1t was to see an actual test that
we had received the invitation. After a
cordial greeting, the chemist in charge
said Make yourselves comfortable,
gentlemen, and we will at once proceed
to business"
At this juncture one of the laboratory
assistants appeared with a supply of beef,
hard 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
a does of Paskola from a bottle which
chase 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 |!
behold, we found that whereas the con-
tents 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 re-
suit. This, to our uninitiated 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 its color. Yet here, at
the gentle temperature of the body, it
had been rendered completely soluble
The chemist, while not surprised, was no
less pleased than ourselves. He observed ::
Gentlemen, if you would know whether
or not Paskola possesses decided digestive
properties, look to those jars for an
answer The evidence was conclusive,
for the object lesson before us was so
simple that we could not fail to compre-
hend the matter. He told us that the
base OF Paskola was artificially-digested
starch and that for this reason it was a
flesh-producing food vastly superior to
cod liver oil or any of 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 ghe stomach, and thus was
an active aid todigestion. | was permitted
to sketch the jars after the experiment
had been completed, as reproduced above.
The sediment shown by the shading in
jar No l 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 a
large number of letters in this connection.
quote from few of them as follows:
Mrs. w. T. Andrews, of Gold Hill, Ala, g,
says that she has been treated for years
for indigestion by the most eminent
physicians with only temporary benefit.
She began taking Paskola four weeks ago,
has already gained eight (S) pounds, and
now eats steak, chicken, and in fact
everything her appetite Graves.
r p Cross, of "a Michigan Ave, Ham
mond, Ind, wrote that he gained four (D
pounds the first week, and is so enthusis,
tic that he pronounces Paskola superior
to any medicine he ever saw.
Mrs NJ. l., Grantz, of Spring Valley,
New York, whose letter was dated June
26.h, says that she, too, suffered from
chronic dyspepsia for years. At times
even drink of water distressed her. She
has been greatly benefited by the use of
Paskola, and says that she is now CON
WINGED 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. 80 Reade street, New York, will gladly
mail their free pamphlet on the subject of
food and digestion to anyone who may
send their name.
All druggists sell Paskola.