Show aab or OP ICE of preventive meae JO says it is deadly v ash ash JUStI institute tUt e of preventive lk 6 has baa dealt a deadly blow tc alm M A very echal exhaustive tire inquiry restating 9 ing the nature and adulterations adulte rations of this toothsome substance has just been completed by dr mae mac fadyen and mr collyer colly er F L C these gentlemen tell us that lee ice cream has only pel pei cent of solids the first being water that the solids consist of fats 4 per cent sugar 12 per cent starch 6 per cent albumin 4 per cent and mineral matter per cent this all sounds well enough and would lead the unwary reader to think that tee ice cream was all right but the denouement nou ement comes in the results of crosco search the microscope shows the presence in london ice cream at least of bedbugs bugs less legs fleas straw hair coal dust woolen and linen fiber tobacco epithelial epithelia scales and muscular tissue even the examination however I 1 Is delectable compared with the results i t of bacteriological studies these reveal in street barrow ice fee cream a maximum number of mi clobes per cubic cent centimeter m ee t r while the tee ice cream of the shops has only 1000 per cubic centimeter the character of tile the microorganisms micro organisms is extremely mixed there are the bacteria coll coli commune besides llao and putrefactive microbes mic robes of various kinds we find no account of a chemical analysis which would perhaps add the final touch to the pathological picture of the tee ice cream of the shops in this country it is known that I 1 ice crams chemically contain a poison known as but in london it seems what with the bugs and the microbes mic robes and the filth generally there Is no particular need of further research to prove that the tee ice cream of the peddlers and the streets are not good things to eat it would be a manifest injustice to the ice cream industry however to suppose that the supply which is furnished to the american public is at all comparable to that which has been invests investigated a ted by the english authorities medical record |