Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-19

1>oa ioiiS ago IloideS iiStSiNi
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 famous thirty
two bites of each mouthful, person
is assured OF unfailing health,
strength, contentment and longey-
ity. In word, he will have ami
hilated the chief cause of all disease
indigestion Mr.. Fletcher con-
Quoted experiments at Yale and
Cambridge Universities, and made
tests under the auspices of tie
United States army AS result 81
his experiments he advocates that
people should ignore false appetite
and wait for a return of normal ap-
petite, which is indicated by desire
for some particular simple food, &C
companied by watering of the
mouth-all 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
stomachs by hasty eating or too
much eating, by consuming alco-
holc beverages, or by too close con-
flnement to home, Office or factory,
and in consequence the stomach
must be treated in a natural way
before they can rectiiy their earlier
mistakes. The muscles in many
such people, in every weary, thin
and thin-blooded person, do their
work with great difficulty. AS a re-
suit fatigue comes early, is extreme
and lasts long. The demand for nu-
tritive aid is ahead of the supply.
To insure perfect health every It's
sue, 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 set
tiers and which are now growing
rapidly in professional favor for the
cure of obstinate stomach and liver
troubles. These are found to be
safe and yet certain in their cleans
ing and invigorating effect upon the
stomach and blood. These are
Golden Seal root, Queens root,
Stone root, Bloodroot, Mandrake
root. Then there is Black Cherry
bark. The medicinal principles re-
siding in these native roots when
extracted with glycerine as a sol
vent makes the most reliable and
efficient stomach tonic and liver in
vigorator. 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 III
combination, or as a solvent, and
usually the doctors prescriptions
called for the ingredients in varying
amounts, with alcohol.
Nearly forty years ago DR.. Pierce
found that chemically pure glycerire
of proper strength was best for eX-
tracing medicinal properties from
these roots and that it gave added
value to a tonic compound in re-
storing tone and vigor to the entire