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has proved that the mineral matter (ash) 

 of green vegetables aids in the elimination, 

 from the human body, of uric acid, which 

 is the cause of gout, and which is one of 

 the waste nitrogenous products that seriously 

 endanger health if retained in the system ; 

 but that the mineral matter of grain is 

 powerless to effect this good end. Besides, 

 the consumption of grain is productive of a 

 far larger- quantity of waste nitrogenous 

 matter than that of green vegetables. 

 Experience strongly supports the assumption 

 that the mineral matter of green vegetables 

 not only acts on uric acid in the manner 

 stated, but is also an indispensable aid to 

 health in the removal of other deleterious 

 products which are allied to uric acid. 

 Herein, I think, we have the explanation 



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