The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-20
REMARKABLE EXPERIMENTS
AND STUDIES ON THE STOMACH,
How To Eat Properly.
By DR. VALENTINE.

Not long ago Horace Fletcher pub
1ished book called Tho A, B, IL, 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 a dozen years OF uninter-
rupted experiments, upon himself and
upon dogs. cats and other animals, Mr.
Horace Fletcher concludes that tho aver
age human being ITS three times as much
as Is good for him; that by eating only
one-third as much and masticating It
even more thoroughly than by Glad
stones famous thirty-two bites Of each
mouthful, person Is assured Of unfailing
health, strength, contentment and lon
gevity. In word. he will have annlhl-
ated the chief cause OF all dISease-indI-
gestion. Mr.. Fletcher conducted expert
ments at Yale and Cambridge Uniyersi-
ties, and made tests under the auspices
OF the United States Army. AS result
OF his experiments he advocates that
people should ignore false appetite and
walt for return OF normal appetite,
which is indicated by desire for some
particular simple food accompanied by
a watering of tho mouth-all OF which is
good advice, but great many Amer-
cans. both men and women, are thin pale
and puny. with poor circulation, because
they have already ill-trcated their stom-
achs oy nasty eating or too much eating,
by consuming alcoholic beverages or by
too close confinement to home, Office or
factory, and In consequence the stomach
must be treated In O natural way before
tney can rectify their earlier mistakes.
The muscles in many such people, in
every weary, thin and thiu-blooded per-
son, do their work with great difficulty.
AS result fatigue comes early, is ex-
treme and lasts long. Tho demand for
nutrltlye aid Is ahead OF the supply. To
Insure perfect health every tissue, bone,
nerve, tendon or muscle shonld take
from the blood certain materials and
sary to prepare the stomach for tho work
Of taking up from the food what IS
necessary to make good, rich red blood.
We must go 10 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 professional
favor for the cure OF obstinate stomach
and liver troubles. These arc found to
be safe and yot certain in their cleansing
and invigorating effect upon tho stomach
md blood. These are: Golden Soal root,
Queen's root, Stone root, Bloodroot
Mandrake root, Then there is Black
Cherrybark. The medicinal principles
residing in these native roots when
extracted with glycerine as solvent
makes tho most reliable and efficient
stomach tonic and liver invigorator.
Where thero Is bankrupt vitallty-such
as exhaustion, bad nutritlon-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 puro
glycerine in combination, or as solvent,
and usually the doctors prescriptions
called for the ingredients in varying
amounts. ,Utth dlcohoL
Nearly forty years ago, Dr. Pierce
found that chemically pure glycerine. OF
The medicinal properties from these roots
and that 1t gave added value to tonic
compound In restoring tone and vigor to
the entire system without the detrimen-