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Show Asothek popular fiiiacy his i'CJn dispelled, and by a person wao should hae known better. Tne idea has long prevailed that fish is an ad mirablo brain fjod; that the brain' and nervous sy-tim, requiring, as tny d , phosphorus to stimulate them, fi?b a33rded t::e be;t medium fur iuruishirg the necessary upp'.y, ' bt-came of lae abundance of pho-i-I phcrus which tl.eir flesh is suppis-.d to contain. Dr. J. V. Lraper, in a rwcet publication, puis an euJ to this deception, by saying "the tl.'sh of fiih contains m excess of phv-epnoru, nor d.es its shining depend on thai element." He 8ys the property is roeAted by ot;n r u' siancfs in prjctsa cf decay, aol in a i.;grr degree than in kih. D-.-caj ig n.lijf wood shin a nr. re 1 brii.iartly tuan decay in 2 fi-h. Ireij light ia due to the si jw ox:dit.oa, cot ' of phosphorus, but of carina. Wr.iie Dr. Drrper may pr.ve thu n:i is cct au extraordinarily g-vd bram-d cd, he ..'nnot make ar.y-'T.e heheve ti,tt it is 1 n v. dt l,c:uUd ar.d heI:h:ul f.d, and be wll! not m:iti:...l'y l-'crn the tas'.c L r it |