The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-05-08

men had eaten had been acid-fOrm-
ing-meat, boiled potatoes, canned
vegetables, white bread and butter
Cor oleo), cheese and sweet biscuit.
There had been absolutely no aka
line element. The alkaline neces-
sary for the body to function had
therefore been taken from the tissues
bones and blood of their own bodies.
The blood tissues Of the men had be-
come thoroughly saturated with acid.
What was the remedy.
DR.. Perrenon asked the question
Mr.. Mccain replied that since the
bodies of the men were saturated
with acid the logical remedy would
be to give them vegetable alkaline
as fast and as freely as possible.
be given in solution. The men would
be able to get the alkalines in
greater quantities in this way than
by eating. Definitely his sugges-
lions were: ao
1. That one hundred pounds of
bran be stepped in two hundred
pounds of water and a large glass
of the liquid fed to the men each
morning.
2. That potatoes be scrubbed and
peeled, the potatoes thrown away,
the Feelings boiled and the liquid
given to the men-a small glass once
day.
3. That all kinds of available |
leaves and Vegetables be scrubbed
(not peeled), boiled, the liquid fed
to the men as soup in generous |
quantities vegetables thrown away |
4. That the men should have egg
yolk and fruit in prescribed quanti-
oil of xryho 10,
wheat bread and after a week of /
of the soup.
Under no circumstances should
they have any acid-forming food.
After due deliberation DR.. Perren-
on decided that since the men had
thus far resisted all medical treat
ment it would be wrong to withhold
from them the alkaline treatment.
This decision was made and the
treatment started on April 16. Up
to that time the men were still going
down at the rate of from two to
five a day.
On April II there were no new
cases. Neither were there any from
that day on. In four days the men
showed a marked improvement and
in ten days forty-Seven of them were
dismissed from the ships hospital
and one of the completely paralyzed ,
victims was able to stand on his
'eet without help. :
DR.. Perrenon expressed astonish- {
nent and satisfaction at the COM
)leteness of the cure and said that
he lesson in food values would not
De lost to Germany.
Mr.. Mccain reported the facts in 7
1etail to the SurgeOn-General at
Washington believing that here at
asst was proof which, if spread broad !
asst, would open the eyes of the pub !.
ic. We were not then at war with p
Germany and Bernstorf suppressed .
he incident. Thus the public has .
OF yet learned the danger to their q
oddly resistance of living on a de- a
degerminated, denatur- y
d diet.
"But''-comes the question from
don't these typical ..
merican meals have an equally dis =.
3trOus effect on the Americans who ~
1t them?" -,
The answer is this: We at home "
no eat the occasional apple. or =
zee Of celery or lettuce, ETC., give
our bodies some alkaline (min-
alp elements which is greedily
ken up by the tissues, thus post
ming a breakdown. The acid-fOr-
ing meals such as the Germans ate
neat, boiled potatoes, canned vegi-
bles, white bread and butter,)
rob the tissues of resis-
nce The small amount Of aka
lie (mineraD element taken pre-
nts complete collapse-but leaves
susceptible to every i'll that blows.
There is no such thing as Sud
n death" The process was slow
going on for a long time pre-
,us to the collapse.
The Germans had no "offsetting'
DDS and it took just nine months
break them. They didn't know
~ were sick until the break came.
Beriberi is the extreme end of
neral starvation. There are many
piping places this side of beriberi.
What a wonderful race of upstand-
men and women we would be il