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Show CRITIC OF THE GERM THEORY Writer In Indiana Newspaper Has Some Pertinent Remarks to Make on the Subject. No Inconsiderable body of physl-clans physl-clans and these not of any one school, many even of the "regular profession." are beginning seriously to question whether "germs" are the greatest, or, as some hold, the only cause of disease, dis-ease, The United States department of agriculture has Issued a bulletin "to determine the best way of pasteurizing pas-teurizing milk so as to kill the disease dis-ease germs and yet not give the milk a rooked flavor or lessen Its nutritive vulue." Where are Hukey and dear old Mossy of yesterday? Gone, without with-out ever hnvliig entertained the slightest slight-est suspicion that their lacteal product prod-uct was not above reproach. Ttten science comes in to eimt doubt upon all their daughters. "A healthy rtilld," says the Homeoputhlc Knvoy, "growing "grow-ing up where germs swarm becomes a vtAmg man, while another fed on pasteurized pas-teurized milk and guarded by 'sterilization' 'steriliz-ation' may grow tip a weakling. Why? (Jive It up! IVrhiips there are fundamental funda-mental causes not recognized by the theorists. If milk will cause disease, wilt heating make It wholesome? If milk Is pure, will not heating cause It to lose Its best nutritive qualities? If the germs come from tho row, why use her milk? If they come from without, why not keep them out Instead In-stead of killing them after they fcet In the milk ?" Indianapolis News. |