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thiug with our poor overloaded digestive system, when we 

 follow the ordinary plan of dispensing physic. Shakspeare 

 uttered a sublime command when he caused Macbeth to 

 utter the words, "Throw physic to the dogs." The simple and 

 rational method of treating such conditions is through the 

 proper use of food. There are sufficient forms of food sup- 

 plies among our standards so that any one by a proper 

 selection and combination can secure that which will at 

 once supply proper nourishment to the body and at the 

 same time act as a regulative that will render unnecessary 

 either drugs or doctors. Perseverance will be necessary in 

 obstinate cases, hut they can he overcome hy this treatment. 

 In the list of foods that stand high in regulating the 

 system against a tendency to constipation is this flour of 

 the entire wheat.* 



It should be said that several other forms of hygienic 

 flours are made which claim to be equal to this, but so far 

 as I have tested them they lack both in nutritive qualities 

 and flavor, the high character of the preparations above de- 

 scribed. The cereal foods prepared at Battle Creek, Michi- 

 gan, and recommended by its well known sanitarium, are 

 valuable additions to the list of useful foods. 



In order to verify the results of microscopic examination 

 and experience, samples of the "flour of the entire wheat" 

 manufactured by the Franklin Mills Company of Lockport, 

 New York, together with samples of the best grades of white 



*CoNSTiPATiNG FooDs. — Hot bread, bread and rolls made with baking 

 powder, cake, custards, salted, dried and smoked meats, poultry, 

 potatoes and starchy foods generally, blackberries, raspberries, tea, 

 coffee and chocolate. 



Laxative Foods. — Rolled and cracked wheat, all forms of bread 

 made from the entire wheat, fresh acid fruits like the orange or 

 lemon, tropical fruits like bananas, stewed dried fruits, especially 

 peaches, prunes and apricots, tomatoes, oysters, raw cabbage, and 

 most green vegetables, wild game, etc. 



Foods of Neutral Character. — Lean, fresh meats, fresh fish, 

 eggs, uncooked milk, oat-meal and sweet potatoes. 



