Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-22
Remarkable Experiments
and Studies ON the Stomach.
How to Eat Properly.
By DIR. VALENTINE.

Not long ago Horace Fletcher
published book called THE A, B,
Z of Our Own Nutrition" in which
he advocated DO right the feeding
of your body: Nature will do all the
rest for you Alright" After dozen
years of uninterrupted experiments
upon himself and upon dogs, cats
and other animals Mr.. Horace
Fletcher concludes that the average
human being eats three times as
much as is good for him; that by
eating only one-third as much and
masticating it even more thorough
ly than by Gladstone's famous tlir-
ty-two bites of each mouthful per-
son is assured of unfailing health,
strength, contentment and longev-
ity. In word, he will have annihi-
lated the chief cause of all disease
Indigestion. Mr.. Fletcher conducted
experiments at Yale and Cambridge
Universities and made tests under
the auspices of the United States
army. AS a result of his expert
ments he advocates that people
should ignore false appetite and
wait for a return of normal appetite,
which is indicated by a desire for
some particular simple food, accom-
panied by a watering OF the mouth
ali of which is good advice, but
great many Americans, both men
and women, are thin, pale and puny,
with poor circulation, because they
have already ill-treated their stom-
achs by hasty eating or too much
eating, by consuming alcoholic bev-
erages, or by too close confinement
to home, office or factory, and in
consequence the stomach must be
treated in natural way before they
can rectify their earlier mistakes.
The muscles in many such people,
in every weary, thin and thin-blood-
ed person, do their work with great
difficulty AS a result fatigue comes
early, is extreme and lasts long. The
demand for nutritive aid is ahead of
the supply. To insure perfect health
every tissue, bone, nerve, tendon or
muscle should take from the blood
certain materials and return to it
certain others. 1t is necessary to
prepare the stomach for the work
of taking up from the food what is
necessary to make good, rich, red
blood. We must go to nature for
the remedy, which shall be simple
but effective. There were certain
roots known to the Indians of this
country before the advent of the
whites, which later came to the
knowledge of the settlers, and which
are now growing rapidly in PROBES
sional favor for the cure of obstinate
stomach and liver troubles. These
are found to be safe and yet certain
in their cleansing and invigoratirg
effect upon the stomach and blood
These are: Golden Seal root,
Queens root, Stone root, Blood
root, Mandrake root. Then there is
Black Cherrybark. The medicinal
principles residing in these native
roots when extracted with glycerine
as solvent makes the most reliable
and efficient stomach tonic and liver
invigorator. Where there is bank
rupt vitality-such as exhaustion,
bad nutrition-and thin blood the
body acquires vigor and the nerves
blood, and all the tissues feel the
favorable effect.
Although some physicians were
aware of the high medicinal value of
the above mentioned plants, yet few
have used pure glycerine in COM
bination, or as solvent, and usual
ly the doctors prescriptions called
for the ingredients in varying
amounts, with alcohol.
Nearly forty years ago Dr. Pierce
found that chemically pure glycerine
of proper strength was best for ex-
tracing the medicinal properties
from these roots, and that it gave
added value to tonic compound in
restoring tone and vigor to the en-