Show ALL THESE long years people have been eating oysters raw because of the prevalent idea that cooking destroyed the nutritious quality of the bivalves and now comes the London Lancet with the declaration that the real danger to the human system lies in swallowing the mollusks mol-lusks raw It says that in many of the oysters there are hurtful animalcule I ani-malcule which are killed by cooking cook-ing Lemon juice will also destroy i the parasite hence those who have I acquired a liking for raw oysters may still enjoy the luxury if they have lemons at hand |