Show of Great Value papain the most important chemical constituent of the is the subject of a recent report by the american consul at colombo ceylon probably few ot of the travelers in tropical countries who enjoy the melon like papaya realize that this fruit contains ons one of the most valuable digestives dig estives known to medicine though the natives of the orient especially in southern india and ceylon use the fruit almost universally to prevent dyspepsia there are several varieties of papaya and the papain obtained from the different kinds varies accordingly the best being that derived from the male mala trees of a hybrid variety occurring la in ceylon the digestive and disintegrating properties of papain are shown by ho he tact fact that the native cooks in ceylon oil wrap tough meat in fresh papaya leaves eaves to make it tender or apply a small quantity ot or the milky juice of the plant to the surface of the tha meat or out a piece of the green fruit into the raw cully when the meat will not boil soft joff papain Is said to be capable of li gesting ten to twelve times its of egg albumen at the tempera ur ure e of t the h Is human body scientific american |