Evening star., 1940-06-10
Diet Shortage Making
Both Sexes Look
Alike, Doctor Says
Raw Meat Advocated to
Prevent Reversive
Trend Of Humon Figure
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,
Star Staff Correspondent.

NEW YORK, June 10.-The pres
ent younger generation of Amer
leans is turning into a race of
broad-hipped, narrow shouldered
boys and narrow-hipped. broad
shouldered girls because of the alb
SERGE in their diets of some mysteri-
Gus factor found in raw meat, ac-
cording to an exhibit before the
American Medical Association here
today by Drs. F.. M. Pottenger, jr.,
and D. c. Simonsen of Monrovia.
Calf.
To prevent this reversive trend of
the race toward type in which
the two sexes are superficially in
distinguishable the two California
physicians advocated wide use of
"cannibal sandwiches, raw liver and
raw beef, more raw vegetables, and
turning away from the tin can.
ITS an interesting spectacle" DR..
Pottenger said, Ito watch a high
school dance these days. Except for
their dress the boys and girls would
be practically indistinguishable. The
female is reverting toward the male
physical type and the male toward
the female"
Chins Changing.
The typical human male, he point
ed out, has a somewhat protruding
chin. This is especially notable in
skulls and is a criterion used by
anthropologists to distinguish the
sex of prehistoric human beings.
The chin of the female tends to be
essentially horizontal. Today, how
ever. the male chin is receding and
the female gaining in prominence.
The broad-shouldered athletic
girl is common sight on every
high school campus. Dressed in
male attire, Dr. Pottenger said, it
would be almost impossible to dis
tinguish them from their brothers.
Closely allied with this reversion
OF both sexes to a common type, DR..
Pottenger said. seems to be the in
creasing susceptibility of the Ameri-
can people to all sorts of allergies,
abnormal susceptibilities to dusts in
the air. plant pollens and articles of
diet which result in asthma. skin
eruptions and symptoms similar to
colds.
Raw Meat Helped.
These also can be greatelv bene-
fitted, he found. by a liberal inclu-
sion of raw meat in the diets. He
told of experiments with highly al
lergic children. among whom the re-
version to a common sex form was
especially notable. Cannibal sand
wiches not only helped cure the
youngsters Of their allergies. but
also, Dr.. Pottenger said. resulted in
the return to more normal body
forms if the treatment was under
taken while the bones still were in
the developmental stage. Once the
bones have taken on their perma-
nent growth trends. however. change
Is practically impossible.
There is some reason to believe
DR.. Pottenger said. that the raw
meat factor is in some way related
to mysterious substance in green
grass, now being studied by Depart
ment Of Agriculture scientists. which
has been found essential to the nor
NAL growth of calves. This green
grass factor may be changed into
the raw meat factor in the bodies
OF herbivarous animals like cattle
and pigs which are eaten by man
Now, DR., Pottenger stressed. there
may be less and less of this in the
world. Originally it must come from
the soil, and be dependent in some
way on the chemicals in the soil
which are taken up by the plants.