Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-12-04
Copyright. 1914. by A. S. Gray)
DEFICIENT FOOD.

DEFICIENT FOOD.
Truth and popularity are not synony.
nous, as any one will testify who has
tried to tell the truth and follow 1t.
especially in the field Of the practise
of medicine.
It Is not flattering to our vanity to
believe that when we are Ill we are
paying a Just and inevitable penalty
for transgressions; we much prefer
to consider ourselves victims Of dark
and mysterious forces rather than to
face the bald. unvarnished facts.
Once admit the absurdity Of putting
something into our bodies to chase
something else out, and the obligation
to make q personal struggle for better
conditions becomes most emphatic
and We can no longer throw the bur
den on "the other fellow" 1t comes
as decided jolt to be told: 1T Is
up to you; think and fight or you are
gone" But the facts are clear and
convincing and to all who have the
wisdom, the courage and the persist
ence to pursue the quest for health
to a logical conclusion there Is the
certain reward OF longer, happier
and a more efficient life.
According to the published tables OF
the British army medical department
and of the inspector general OF re-
cruiting, the minimum height of re-
cruits accepted in 1S4S was five feet
six inches; in 1888 this minimum was
reduced to five feet three inches and
in 1900 It was still further reduced to
five feet, making a total reduction Of
six inches within period Of SO years.
In 1901 no fewer than 1894 of each
1000 recruits were under FIVE feet six
inches, and 511.S OF each 1000 were
under the 1888 minimum chest meas
urement OF "a inches. According to,
the measurements Of the anthropo-
metric committee OF the British asso.
citation, the average recruit OF the
year 1900 at the age Of nearly twenty
years was two inches shorter and Is
pounds lighter than the average stand.
ard youth Of 19 years age. Why?
The results OF the most thorough
and careful Investigation by the gov.
ernment authorities and by various or.
ganizations and individuals into the
, cause OF this dangerous condition are
summed up In one short word-starva-
tion. II is exactly the same cause
that results in small and easily blight
; ed crops OF vegetables and in sickly
and Improbable live stock. This con-
, dition is not necessarily due to lack
In the quantity OF food. but is more
, often the result Of an unwise selec-
| ton, because OF lack Of knowledge
. concerning food materials.
Il has long been known that the
} heart OF a frog or terrapin may be
! kept beating normally for hours aftor
, its removal from the body. provided
II is supplied with an artificial circu-
I lation OF blood or lymph. so arranged
that this liquid enters the heart from
reservoir and is pumped out through
: the arteries leading from the ventricle.
r the heart chamber connecting with
the arterial system. Ludwig first rea-
soned out and proved that the same
; action could be secured from a solu-
tion OF the ash OF blood In water. and
Ringer afterward proved that the
heart OF the frog can be kept beating
!, for long periods in circulation Of a
mixture OF sodium. potassium and cal
cium. Subsequently Howell. Loeb and
others attempted to prove or analyze
|. the part played by the several ele-
|, ments. II was shown that frogs
, heart fed with n solution OF sodium
chloride, our ordinary table salt, will
n beat we'll for awhile and then will
gradually weaken and die; but II at
!. this point the heart Is fed q mixture
4 OF sodium. potassium and calcium
a salts II resumes the beat and works
vigorously and well for many hours.
I Two Rumanlan psychologists. Atha-
o naslus and Gradinesco, report that
y they succeeded in maintaining the
beat OF frogs heart detached from
tho body In glass-in vitro. as II 10
technically termed-for a period OF
23 days. Carrel has maintained tho
|, functioning OF the entire abdominal
s contents Of cat in glass. entirely do
z tached from the body to which II be-
}. longed, the heart action, digestion and
y all other vital functions continuing In
full operation for period OF ten days.
!. All these results are made possible
!" by feeding the tissues carefully ad-
I justed proportions OF sodium. potas-
r stun and calcium. together with oIy-
n gen.
Lack OF public information on these
important points or Indifference 10
,r them is responsible for England's
ID physical degeneration as shown In its
A. army and navy records. and n survey
" OF conditions In this country will show
10 similar action in progress here. OBJ
ID viously any conditions that will de.
u. crease the heart beat and power must
DO affect digestion. assimilation and gen