| Show soi Soil I 1 termed G great reat la laboratory zorator y for production of new drugs drug S soli soil not only is the source of lite life supporting sup food but also is a great laboratory in which are produced many newfound new found drugs for curing diseases of man and beast against which even good nutrition cannot prevail according to alden and dr boyd woodruff in an article in cappers farmer these are the so called miracle drugs first of which was yas in says the article then came penicillin used extensively during the war followed by cla vicin and guma giacin others have been discovered and more are in prospect among the tha things scientists have seen and identified and woodruff point out are one celled plants molds green plants animals protozoa worms and nematodes and these soil inhabitants do more than provide fertility to the soil in their struggle for existence many of them throw oft off waste prod acts and create chemical substances which are deadly to disease germs thus a very special strain or species of fungi yielded penicillin which shared the credit with blood plasma and the sulfa drugs in greatly reducing the wound mortality rate in world war II if as compared with the first world war the soil conclude the writers is so complex a mixture that there must be many other healing agents found in it many of mans 2000 diseases still are unconquered most prevalent of all of course la is the common cold which causes more economic loss and discomfort to people than any other disease and weakening the system paves the way tor for more serious ailments |
