The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-25

in the various departments were asked to
| volunteer. T.ey signed pledge. agree
| ing on their honor to follow implicitly the
\ rules and regulations governing the
/ hysienic table. and TO use no other food
/ or drink than iiiat provided They agreed
/ to abstain from alcoholic liquor. to con-
| tinue regular habits Of life and 10 use TO-
| bacco. II at all. only II times agreed upon
! with Doctor Wiley.
! They also signed release from dam
ages. which read:
4 further agree that will nO- hold the
/ Department OF Agriculture nor any person
| connected thCrevith responsible for any
lfillGcsS or accident that may occur during
i-ly connection with the hygienic table"
The CfficiIls found that simply placing
the young men on their honor was salts
factory. and no attempt to watch them
! was made. The chemistry boardiuS-houSe
has two tables. one the experimental. the
other the recreation Tie men took tarrs
At each. the principal difference in the
meal being that the food served at ore had
boraX in 1t. while the food at the other
WAS pure
a m. luncheon at noon and dinner at $50
:. m
VARIED BILL OF FARE.
Since the young men were 10 be kept un-
der observation for periods of from thirty
TO seventy days. it was clearly desirable
to make the bill CT fare as varied "a con-
veniert- To this end the meats selected
were roast beef. beefsteak. lamb. veal.
pork. chicken and turkey. Fish and oys-
tiers were also used Eggs were served
twice week The butter was of the
best quality which could be made. and
was free from colorinE matter and salt
Ine milk and cream were furnished by
the authorities OF the District OF Colunn-
bia and personally visited by the Ch!ef OF
the Bureau ~ Chemistry. The vegetables
Were those OF the season. ami where they
could not be obtained otherwise tho best
grades ct vegetables preserved BY Sterfli-
zaJ!on alone were used. The SOUPS in or
Ger to secure uniformity in their coT.posi-
Uon. were purchased OF large rnauu:ac-
turing firms making specially Of soups
Inc fruits were those OF the season or
preserved without anfiSepticS. In all
cases u was stipulated that none Of the
foods furnished should be treated with
any preser.dtIve- and in no case was this
injunction violated. In 50 far as examina-
ticnS eXten led All the preserved! foods
which were employed had either been
Kept in cold storage. as was the ease OF
the meats and the fowls. or been subject
ell 10 sterilization and subsequent eXclu-
sion OF the air. as WAS the case with some
OF the vegetables. fruits and SOUPS As
SCrauces thlt these bodies were free .r1ni
any chemical rreServative or Other anti
septic Were secured from all the dealers.
anu the G~sur1Hccs we've confirmed b. ,.x-
arnIna tons Cpff." and ten were ail1wef
n moderate. uniform quantities To those
'---f NfsF ~ tA4f- laNtt fA 1E4Nhlstz rE.s~t.
beverages. Desserts uf various kinds w.r..
employed at regular times. coisiStil-- OF
cuStcris. rice padding and Ice cream -riltl,.
with the best cream. sugar and = flavor
ing substance \ liberal supply Of frl,its
was Incorporated with the focI Supplv
ettEer those N season or those preserved
by sterilization
BOrax Vas sslectc: as the first p-esarva-
tive 10 be exrcrimented with rs IL X rnos-
commonly used and lends itself we'll to |
demons tration- 1t irst the borax was
mixed with the butte-. II was found /
however. that the bosiriers could not help
having a diStastc for the article which !
contained the preSerya;ivc. Then IL WIS
given In capsules, and the men ate with !
Out distaSte or prejudice OF any particilLtr |
article Of food They were at the table |
six months. and the results of th,. exuefi- |
rrents have only recently been figured m |
Ia the 10 dars of Observable 5.gs5 saui,,,s.; /
We're analysed ard s.is5 record sheets 4
rr.tdr.
The experiment proved concirSiv.iy /
tiat boTic acIi and horax. when continue
nusly administered in small doses for
long period or when given in large guam
'itiss Tor a short period. create disturb