The evening times., 1898-09-06
ARTIFICIAL ALBUMEN.
English and American Estimates of
Its Value.
(From the London Chronicle.)

ktEOm the LONDON (hronlCle.)
Our Vienna correspondent has a hawk
like eye for sensational scientific discover
les. He il was. our readers will doubt
less recall, whose kilograms 10 US first
published the news of the discovery OF
the x-rays and of Prof. Schenck's start
ling theories of the genesis of sex. NOW
he sends US news of the astounding ex-
pertinent with which DR.. LEienfe,d closed
the Chemists Congress in Vienna BY a
single and convincing eXper- ment he pro-
duced artificial albumen with the prop
critics of the natural albumen. The
scope Of his invention, If il be confirmed.
paralyDcs the imagination. Meat VIII no
longer be dependent upon living animals,
but will be made in the municipal labo-
ratory. Therefore the graZiers business
viii be gone, and the herds OF fattenlng
oxen will no longer nd s'owly over the
lea until they reach the slaughter house
The cattle steamers days are numbered,
and the White Star Company need build
no more Cymrics. Chicago must look for
another title 10 fame. Every vegetarian
can now feast to his hearts content on
artificial sweetbreads and arnydo-acetic
acid saute au Madere. The provisioning
of ships will consist Of few carboys OF
phenol and a dispenser We Sha4! all
have on the breakfast table cruet con-
tanning phosphoro-ch oridic oxide with
little more phenol, please; tbs egg is not
fresh" Eggs for political purposes vii!
be manufactured with a deliberate def
ciency of chloridic oxide. In war time
anaydol will. Of course. be contraoand OF
war The cock-crowing nuisance Will be
aoated as poultry will shortly be eX-
!, tinct The kosher butcher OF the Jews
will be an analytical chemist "Our
acettc-amyJio-p osphoro-ch oride makes
,rr-- mill he
advertisement. More marvellous ramil-
cations of this unparalleled d. scovery We
nnust leave 70 our medical c0htempora-
ries What a sermon The Spectator
will preach US on this text next week!
From the New York Tribune-)
In regard to DR.. Lilenfield's discovery.
a further opinion upon it is that the cost
Of the materials he uses would probably
be practically prohtb.tive. The chefnn-
calls he mentions are expensive ana
natural albumen Is cheap Blood albu-
men may be had at something ike 20
cents a pound, egg albumen tthe purest
forml at about 80 cents. These figures
| II would be difficult to get below. AS
New York chemist puts II. ~ on can
burn a diamond to make caroonlc acld
| gas but il is an expensive way OF getting
| IT." There Is no question, however ila'
there would be great demand Tor
cheaper and artlilcal aouiieh- pl'til,i. ~.
fs usei for a variety of technical purposes
in calico printing in the textile in
drstrv in the making of Photographic
materials. pharmaceutical and tonic
preparations. Ii has very large sale In
this way. ~
DIR. Lilienfields theory relates TO the
discovery of a new food product how
ever-to the production of ''pepton' one
of the agbuminoids. The London papers
argue that artificial albumen' may soon
| come to take the place of meat. Amerl-
oo,, chemists do not agree with this view.
Even II a genuine agbumen can be pro-
duced chemically. it does not follow that
it will make an acceptable substitute Tor
| meat. Compressed meats and meat ex-
tracts have never succeeded yet as
good diet for the world.