The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-19
IS SUGAR REAL TTRFuL
THEY ARE ASKING.
The Literary Digest.

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Sugar is getting into the hygienists
good graces. Instead OF being HOWL
ed upon ass she cause OF ,ndlgesslon,
had teeth and general iH-healsth, II
is now regarded as 8 valuable food-sub-
stance by .aost PHYSICIANS. Not oy
aU. however. for, as we are informed
by writer in the Drogistiche Runa-
schau. while some of them malEtln
shas sagar IS Of great service. to the
amman body. strengthenlng the
d;oesrion and preventing undue acid-
Nv, other, declare that even its moder-
afa 4: nss 81 INJURIOUS TO both the stom-
sob and tlie teeth, while It's exces-
size use develops diabetes. Says the
aushor of the article just mentioned,
which is translated for Inc Natlonai
Druggist July =
& cold and famous doctors Ike HuIe-
land and iIeim, declare that "a moder-
ate s rsg Of suagr stimulates digestion
and nreye,ats fermentation IN the sfom7
acb. willis an excessive indulgence IN
sse articLe has an injurious effect on
Hha aieastivs faculties, as. is causes
fba formation Of an excess OF lacSlc
ac;fi. which makes itself apparent IN
tha saeretions especially In the saliva,
and IN this manner prosl9ees 's an IN
furious effect on the teeth.
Latter -day physicians, those repre-,
sentinp the latest phases OF meolcal
knowledge declare with great POSI-
aiivness that sugar causes aeIdlGy OF
Ina stomach only when ingessed IN
small Quantities into stomach al
,-ssiIv acid or inclined to acldity,
when the lactic-acid Fermentation
saises uron it and carries 1t along
With it. IF, however, the sngar IS
nsed In larger QuantlEaes is over s.
: comes the, fermentation and stops 81
1.-THE latest Investigations have IN
-nfh dgnoustrated hat lacSlc-aeid
fermeatstian is stopped by an sAeess
Of sugar but. TO the dlsappolnsnens
of pie-e esters and bon-son deyoSees,
is must be stated that this enect Is
produced only when the substance ls lls
sbsoIutsly pare. this condltlon Il
seems TO make no difference whether
.tlle sugar be eaten solid IN She shape
af lurnns. or dissloTed IN pure water.
Supar eacites the secretions OF the
stomach. increases digestion OF album
i;naus matters and Of nutrltives contain
ms iron and lime, 8 fact which proves
HAT undsr proper conditions sugar Is
remedy against anenlla, cholrosls
and in scrofnfa.
This explains the love OF great
many children for sugar IN the lump,
Who afterward, as they grow oiaer,
avoid plain sugar. or sugar py lSseH,
almost entirely. Is seems TO be a sort
If instinct with children with weak
homes and thin blood. As early as 1915
Dr. Bokel recommended in his writ
;ngs sugar as the best and most pow
arfni remedy in rachitis rickets ].
According TO the theory advanced oy
him the sugar given IN such cases
sass sss.ss' m an alcoholic fermentation,
,Sh5.h oyercomes the Tactic acid pres
ent in excess and thus prevents sne es'
cane Of the BODYBUILDING salts;
According TO the writer. the ldea
that sugar causes bad teeth is an Alto
gethsr 8 mistaken ones The teeth OF the
1acrot,s in the tropics are dazzlngly
oh svsita and sound. On sugar -planta-
4;ons IN Cuba, Louisiana, and else
where. slI negoes run down with Labor
.nr sic siesness grow sleek, fat, and strong
eoa;n Of, the return of the sugar har.
e vest solely By chewing the cane. Eng.
I;shnen and Americans eat more suga.
thar, the French and the Germans, al1e
vet they have better teetn tnan Sne
latter. He goes on to say:
After partic cipasing IN many klnos
of food, sugar seems TO act as dlgester,
4 and that heaviness often felt affer
hearty meal is frequently relieved Dy
drinking a glass OF suga.-water. Tne
fanoons Hufeland, IN his book Makro
b;ot;k Il. e.. on long ife1, sings
hynn Of praise to sugar, ana recon-
nends plenty Of sugar to all who have
IN eat coarse heavy food. It is better
he states. for lean than fat ones.
ssWhen we find that cake-bakers ane
millers habitually have bad teeth i
is natural to charge the fact to the usf
Of sngar or of -four. Rather sscribs
II to t.ie lack Of care of the teeth
habitual with those people, Wnlcf
permits particles OF food TO remail
between the teeth and thus 1urshe'
decomrosition. Il they used the ornsf
frequently and properly they woulf
have as good teeth as anybody.
I'm old times our confectloners
bakers, etc, did not employ sugar II
their sweet wares, but honey, who's
antisertic properties were known ever
in remote antiquity, and the Egyp
tians, Greeks, ETC., frequently used i
as an application to serious wounds
For that matter, as late as the seven
teenth century, our ancestors uses
sugar as an application to wounds
The practice, however. fell into neg
lect and was forgotten until only re
Gently prominent surgeons are agall
bringing the substance into use. Dr
Lucke, for instance, professor at TN
Uninyersity of Strassbnrg, recommend
It 10 gangrene, and has used 1T witt
excellent results.
The Frenchman, Claude Bernard
has demonstrated that the norma
sugar-contents Of the blood immediate
" commences to use whenever any dis
ease or injury to the organism com
mences to grow better. In this cas
a blood rich in sugar seems to e3er
an p43nenca on the reparatlve acClOn