The Nome nugget., 1928-03-17
DISEASE AND EARLY
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 obviously been generated by the action of common salt in the ba- con on the metal surface" pr -u,w made lh.s statement after having observed the mentioned ..ug |. nasa If tat left over af-
 CT bacon had been fried in an al- minimum dish.
 We have the word of an eminent chemist to the effect that alumin- um hydroxide. that is the drug you take into your stomach when you drink water that has been boil ed or was standing in aluminium containers, attacks the gastric juice in your stomach. In order to. di- ges. your food properly you must have normal gastric juice. But after the aluminium hydroxide has mixed with the digestive fluids of the stomach, 1t neutralizes and ab sorbes the same. which is just like robbing you of this important di- geStlve Ierment.
 Nature always tries to supply necessar' aemands; and so. when your ga "ic juice is acted cn b" the alum mum drug, nature attempts to make MORE gastric juice. work ing overtime. at it were. But final ly. since you keep on loading alum  mum hydroxide into your stomach. this drug wins the battle and re- mains as poison in the stomach.
 This opinion was also expressed by Dr. Victor V. Vaughn. once the dean of the medical department of the University of Michigan. Be- fore the Federal Trade Commission at Washington, D. C.. he said: This conclusion is that salts of aluminium are harmful in the hu- man body" conclusion he had pronounced before a Senate Com mittee.
 Dr. H. A. McGuigan talking of the effect of aluminium before the Federal Trade Commission in Docket Case No. $40. Washington. D. C.. stated:
 When taken internally. the ac- tion is due to local chemical action in the stomach and iniestines, the the acid liberated upon the union of metal and protein penetrating to the tissues with an astringent eff ect. The local reactions are loss of appetite. pain and discomfort. nausea, vomiting, purging, conges- tion. hemorrhage resulting from ir- ritant and corrosive action. Ulcers may result from bacterial action on dead tissues"
 This opinion, which was given under oath, translated into the language of the laity means that after the aluminium compounds have raised havoc with the stom- ach and have reduced the resist ing and fighting power of the parts. bacteria. which are always present but which could not harm the healthy organs. are now free to do their destructive work on the unprotected tissue.
 Assuming that the reader is a very careful person and will carefully weigh all the pros and cons before deciding to throw in- to the scrap pile the shining alum mum ware that now adorns his kitchen, we must present a little more evidence.
 Continuing our inquiry we learn that Harry Gideon Wells. Profess sor of Pathology in the University of Chicago. had something to say concerning the effects of aluminium compounds on red corpuscles. He said:
 Aluminium compounds in solu- tion may pass into the blood stream from any part of the fn- testinal tract. from mouth to anus. The moment such compound has passed the wall of the intestines beyond the surface and entered the blood-vessels of the intestinal wall, 1t will come in contact with the red cells and cause these corpuscl- es to aggregate or clump and have