South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-31

engine cannot run without fuel:
nor can IL run continuously: IL
must have rest. II needs also oiling
and repairing The requirements OF
the engine are analogous 10 the
needs OF mans body. The body re-
Quires certain things viz, Fuel or
food. a time OF rest. and a time for
repair.
Early man was satisfied with a
cave or a platform Of boughs for his
habitatiOn. His principal occupation
was in keeping his body alive. for
his purpose ne gathered food.
Against the inclemency OF the
weather ne covered himself with the
skins OF beasts. Man an intelligent
being evidently improved upon these
measer conditions. for at the present
day we find him employed in "a large
variety of work far advanced above
his original desires. but so nuuer-
Oug has man become and so depend
ent is he upon his first necessities
that a shortage OF meat or Of crops
frequently results in his starvation.
The great problem Of life is there
fore. the production OF food. and as
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called upon many men 10 live IT.
great communities called cities. these
men must OF course depend for
their food supply upon the farm
er and the herder.
Demand Variety Of Food.
The people demand not only
plenty OF food and a large variety.
but the food must be good. Food 10
be good and serviceable to the hu-
man body must be free from disease
or contamination: It must be nOur-
ishing Sometimes food is protected
from contamination by rreserva-
tiyes. some or these personalities
are decidedly harmful Most modern
processes OF food preparation for
the market eliminate this objec-
zion. Their continued use by some
firms is certainly not an attest of
quality. To cook food properly is an
art. To cook food properly does not
mean TO season II highly or TO dis
lsuise II with favors, so that il is
pleasing 10 the taste but disgusting
70 the stomach, but 70 cook it plain
is. so that the greatest physical
nour!shment may be gained. A good
appetite usually is a sign of good
health. but an appetite made good
by its subjugation TO pleasant flaw
ors is connivfnR for the stomach
destruction. The person who desires
ffavors instead OF foods, usually
gorges himself II is far better to
arise from the table feeling a little
hungry than 10 arise feeling over
full Individuals who are habitual
banqueters have frequently to take
the great cure for dyspepsia, namely
starvation. Many foods TO be palata-
bile and digestab BILE should be cooked.
The stomach OF man through cen
turtles OF habit has become accus-
toned 10 the digestion OF cooked
food. The acid and alkaline juices
of digestion are not powerful
enough 10 chemically change the
myosin OF raw meat. nor TO break
The walls enclosing the starch
grains. but there are foods OF the
fruit variety which we may eat un-
cooked and which supply salt and
sugar and also act as very gentle
laNatives.
Cooking Kills Germs.
Cooking destroys disease germs.
and the power. in some cases. OF
their toxins and also such forms OF
parasitic animal life as the tape
worm and the trichina. Both oy
these. well known 20 the medical
world come from eating measley un-
cooked meat Pork well cooked il
difficult 20 digest but raw pork is
extremely so. and then we may
have the difficulty OF digestion sup
plemcnted b. a sickening parasite.
The tape worm may be found in
either beef or pork. The beef tape
worm IS the most common in the
United States. It's life history is as
follows: After II obtains residence
in the body. II attaches itself by
hooks or suckers TO the intestinal
wall. and develops fat egg sacs.
To absorbs its nourishment from the
digested food OF the intestine. In
the course Of time the egg sacS
ripen consecutively and pass from
the body in the CNCrement The
eggs being at liberty are scattered
prOmiscuously and some are incl
IDENTITY eaten by a beef or a hog The
life cycle Is thus completed. The
peculiarly OF the tape worm in i'm
hiding digested food causes con-
tinuOus waste both OF the food and
the energy of the digestive organs.
besides causing an insufficient sup
ply OF assimiiatable material for the
general tissues OF the body. The tape
worm causes weakness of the body
and a general susceptibility 20 dis
clse
\ Dreaded Parasite.
The trichina causes the disease
known as trickinosis. IL Is found in
measley pork. It's cycle OF existence
consists in journey from a rat %
a hog, and from a hos 20 man and
from the corpse OF the man again
20 the rat. IL Is one OF the most
dreaded OF human parasites The I'm
PRODUCTION of single egg into the
stomach viii in a brief time give
birth 10 $4,000 individuals perfectly
distinguishable % the unaided eye
After lodging IN the stomach Tor a
time. they then begin a migration
through the stomach walls. Durine
this migration the person affeCte