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Our answer, of course, is decidedly in the affirmative, but 

 we have now adduced a precise cause of the trouble, which is 

 more than Prof. Richet has so far been able to do. He thinks 

 indeed that "In the present state of science it is difficult to 

 speak with certainty of any hypothesis." 



" A true intoxication, characterised by fever, urticaria, 

 ffidema, rheumatoid pains, diarrhoea, vomiting, and the 

 syncopal state, is brought on in some predisposed people 

 especially by fish, molluscs, and Crustacea." 



Surely, then, this indicates that prevention is better than 

 cure; better far, "in the present state of science," than 

 reliance upon anti-anaphylaxis or upon " anti-sensibili- 

 sinogen " ! 



Why should man embark on such digestive adventures as 

 the devouring of molluscs and Crustacea when he can grow an 

 abundance of wholesome plant substance? 

 " Flowers, and then fruit 

 Man's nourishment, by gradual scale sublim'd." 



It is again highly significant and corroborative of my 

 remarks concerning " love-foods " that 



" Alimentary anaphylaxis has never yet been observed as 

 the result of eating fruit (with the exception of strawberries) 

 or vegetables." 



The true anti-anaphylaxis therefore consists in a reliance 

 upon " love-foods" rich in vitamines and in therapeutic and 

 bio-economic values generally. 



Thus even amongst vegetables we have the potato, known 

 to be rich in vitamines, now rapidly coming to the front 

 because of the curative value of raw potato juice (extractum 

 solani liquidum!). This juice is said to contain large quan- 

 tities of potash salts. What need have we then of albumins 

 and albuminoids or of heterogeneous sera, which have no 

 reciprocal biological affinity whatever in our physiological 

 economy ! 



It is claimed that the application of the preparations of raw potato 

 have a rapidly curative action in various common ailments of the 



