Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-09-07
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Medical science has taken up the
food gostion 50 closely during re-
cent years and gone to such trouble
and exponse to find out every dele
terious quality in articles of every
day consumption that tho man who
studies hygiene attentively can only
eat--if he believes all he reada-at
the great risk of contracting disease
or poisoning himself. .
Bread is not to be thought of as
an article of diet. 1t is q treacher-
GUS compound, consisting largely of
alum and potatoes, and, concocted
in some insanitary cellar, it is tenn
ing with microbes and totally unfit
for food. ~
No careful man will touch beef
owing to the number Of tuberculous
carcassos which are constantly being
placed upon the market. Mutton
and lamb are also to be tabooed on
similar grounds, and no one would
think of touching pork for fear the
late lamented piggy might have died
of swine fever. e..
The vegetarian chortles in his Joy
and points out that none of these
things, except bread, affects his style
of dining. But his triumph is short
lived. Root vegetables are to be
dreaded because Of wire worm, TO-
matoes induce cancer, cabbage may
become poisonous by the application
of improper fertilizers, and, there
fore, are best left alone, while, in ad-
dition to the disease microbe which
devotes its attention to the potato,
there is always The risk of damage
to the digestive organs.
Butter and milk are poisoned with
boracic acid and other noxious pre-
servativos, to say nothing of the arti-
fetal coloring matter which is fire.
quently added. Eggs are dangerous
because 30 many of them are packed
in lime to keep them good, and re-
Gently, too, French bacillus has
found his way in through the shell.
In addition to other drawbacks,
cheese helps to ruin digestion.
Raw fruit helps along cholera to q
great extent. 1t also contains prus-
sic acid round the skin, pips and
stone. When cooked it induces
dysentery.
~Of~tinned and potted stuffs little
need be saids except that the solder
of the tin m&,'yes for lead poisoning,
and potted meats have recently been
shown to be simply mass of f srssaaed.
rotten filth and garbage.
Fish, although possessing highly
nutritious qualities, should be avoid
ed, owing to the large quantity which
is sold in an unfit state for human
consumption, and the difficulty of
obtaining it really fresh.
With beverages the same difficult
ties present themselves to the care
full feeder. Beer, wines or spirits
are not to be thought of. They.
affect the brain and eyes, and act in-
juriously upon the coating of the
stomach. Tea and coffee may set
up insanity, but at least they are
sure to induce dyspepsia. Water is
full of disease germs, and, if dis
titled, locomes dangerous by reason
of its lack of mineral matter in solu-
ton.
Poultry, if fresh, appears to be the
most wholesome sort of dish, as
there is only vague, undecided sort
of microbo to its account. There.
fore, duck and green peas appear to
be the dish to make stand upon i;
but let the peas be fresh, as the
timed sort are poisonous, owing to a
solution of sulphato of copper being
employed to give them fresh, bright
color.-London Mail.
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