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But perhaps the most valuable service to be rendered by nut milk 

 is its use in the feeding of young infants with whom- cow's milk does not 

 agree even when skilfully modified, as is often the case. In such 

 cases it is a veritable life-saver. When the child is older, it may be 

 gradually trained, in many cases, to tolerate cow's milk in moderate 

 quantities. Many infant lives have already been saved by the with- 

 drawal of all animal proteins during the early months of susceptible 

 infant feebleness. 



I might mention many cases of this sort have come under my 

 personal observation within the last 25 years. I will refer briefly to 

 a single recent case. A child of three years of age. Had suffered 

 from colitis almost from birth. The parents, wealthy English people, 

 had consulted many specialists in London, Paris and other European 

 centers but without finding relief. They were finally told that the 

 only hope was that the child might ultimately outgrow the difficulty. 

 The child was finally brought to Battle Creek. Every effort was made 

 to eliminate the infection but without success until cow's milk was 

 wholly excluded from the child's dietary and nut milk substituted. 

 Improvement began at once and the child was soon well advanced 

 toward recovery. I have seen equally striking results in numerous 

 cases in which no substantial improvement could be secured until 

 animal ])roteins of all sorts were eliminated. 



I have no doubt that there will in time develop a large demand for 

 nuts because of the precious quality of their proteins and their exact 

 adaptability to human needs. Dr. Sherman in his recent masterly work 

 naively remarks that nuts should not be regarded as a substitute for 

 meat since, as a matter of fact, they are the original staple of the 

 human dietary for which meats have in more recent times been substi- 

 tuted and with results which are by no means altogether desirable. 



Numerous scientific writers have in recent years made the sug- 

 gestion that the necessity for economizing our food supply will in 

 time require the elimination of meats. When this time arrives, nuts 

 and nut products will come into their own and will again assume a 

 prominent place in the human dietary and will no doubt aid in the 

 elimination of some of the causes of race diegeneracy and help toward 

 the development of the superman which some future age must produce 

 if the human race ultimately achieves the noble destiny which the 

 world's greatest philosophers have previsioned. 



