Nostrums and quackery; articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted, with additions and modifications, from The Journal of the American Medical Association . on from a bulletinissued by the Department of Agriculture regarding the action GG4 W1SCELLANE01 & of .salt on meat. This, removed from its context, gives thereader the impression that salt is distinctly harmful as a pre-servative. Below this is a scries of six questions, the firstfour of which ask for an opinion regarding the edibility andnutritive value of foodstuffs preserved by salt, saltpetre, fifth question reads as fo
Nostrums and quackery; articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted, with additions and modifications, from The Journal of the American Medical Association . on from a bulletinissued by the Department of Agriculture regarding the action GG4 W1SCELLANE01 & of .salt on meat. This, removed from its context, gives thereader the impression that salt is distinctly harmful as a pre-servative. Below this is a scries of six questions, the firstfour of which ask for an opinion regarding the edibility andnutritive value of foodstuffs preserved by salt, saltpetre, fifth question reads as follows: Do you believe if the above-mentioned articles (salt-cured , dried beef, etc.) were mildly cured with 1 per cent, or lessof borax, or per cent, or less of boric acid, and 75 per cent. lesssalt, so that it would not be necessary to parboil or soak them,that they would be more healthful, more nutritious and moreeasily digested? The sixth and last question asks: Have you ever read an authentic account, or do you know froropersona] experience, of afty person ever having been injured by partaking of foods preserved with borax or boric acid?. Street t ],«?? //?/? 1st, 1903 Dear Dootor,- I trust you will enjoy the authentio editorial in referenoeto Dr. Ifiley in the AJEMCAH MEDICIIIE, April, 1908. Yours very truly, $6 * Photographic reproduction (reduced) of a letter from II. L. Harris on the stationery of the concern for which he is press agent—thePacific Coast Borax Company. The authentic editorial referred towas ,in attack on Dr. Wiley. The borax trust, apparently fearingthat the editorial would not be widely enough disseminated, sentout typewritten copies of it. The explanatory letter states that the company is desirousof obtaining the opinion of the best medical authority in theUnited States in reference to horon compounds when used inquantities necessary to preserve food. For the benefit ofthose physicians who have no firm opinion of their
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