Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-09-19

OF what sausages are made. Trfch-
nous pork Is still allowed to be made
up into sausage, the only requirement
of the meat inspection laws being that
1t first shall be subjected to sufficient
heat to kill the parasites. Certain Of
the artificial sausage colors, such as
"Orange H." are easily extracted with
acidulated water and will dye wool i'm
mersed in it.
The greatest food experts in the
world will attend the International
Congress Of Hygiene and Demographv
to tell what they have learned as a
result of their researches into the mys-
teries of food. Some of them will pre-
sent studies concerning the methods
and the conditions of nutrition, show
ing exactly how bones grow, how food
affects the growing child, and what the
food requirements of babies are, while
others will devote their attention di-
rectly to the question of the relation of
foods to health. For instance, II has
been shown concusively by prolonged
experiments, that beri- beri comes from
eating polished rice, and that scurvy
frequently follows certain forms Of un-
derfeeding. The diet is pronounced by
many physicians as the principal cause
Of many severe diseases Of the stom-
ach and intestines. as we'll as Of one
of the diseases of the nervous system
and the mind. and of the circulation.
a paper by leading German authority
on this subject promises to be one of
the most important contributions to
the congress.
There are those who believe that the
inevitable rays of light will stand be-
tween us and danger from taking dis
ease germs into our systems. Although
the human eye cannot see these rays
of light, it being as black as Stygian
darkness where no other rays than the
mira red and the ultra violet appear,
yet the eye Of the camera can see them
and translate them for US. Likewise
ine disease germ can feel them--in-
iced 1t can feel them so much that
contact with them is as fatal as con-
tact with a high voltage electric cur
rent Is fatal to a human being.
It has been demonstrated that II an
ultra violet lamp be put into stream
OF running water every germ that
comes in contact with it's rays dies
Milk Is Opaque and therefore II has to
be passed in very thin sheets SO as TO
permit the ultra violet rays to pene-
trate 1t. Extensive experiments car
ried on in Europe demonstrate that It
Is the best purifier known. since it
leaves milk in every other particular
exactly as raw milk. There are scien-
lists who look forward to the day when
the ultra violet and the mira red light
rays will be used as the main pro-
moters of health. 1t is said that the
infra-red rays is the healing agent in
a sun bath. and that germs do not
stand Il chance where either Of the in
visible rays can get them. May we not
yet. see the dawn of the day when the
mysterious and invisible lights of the
laboratory. lights which the iayman
could not believe exists but for the in
disputable evidence Of the camera, may
become our greatest curative and pre-
rentive agents? With invisible waves
Of electricity. invisible lights. ALREADY
before us, IL would require prophet
to forecast the wonders Of the future
But of this the reader may be sure,
| that visit to the modern medical and
chemical laboratory will be a reveia- :
ton to him. and when he comes away
he will feel that II the peop,, will Int
give to the hygienist the cooperation
he has proved that he SO richly de-
serves. thousand food problems and
thousand other health problems will
be solved. and humanity will live bet
ter and healthier and longer lives
therefor.
Tomorrow-Hygiene and Sanitation.
VHI--Ventilation and Exercise.
Dentist. DR.. Carpenter. idaho Bldg. e