Show VIN nuu an HR n ac A NN ut AT na F A T TESTS MADE BY A DOCTOR IN TOPEKA animals became cross and their stomachs rebelled against the food chicago june 23 A dispatch to tho the record herald aiom topeka kas says that even tile tho stomach afi ofa dos dog rebels when fed fd on meats preserved with benzoate ano anji boian was vas demonstrated yes yesterday berday jy joy dr J S crumbine Crumb inc secretary of the state sate board of health in an address before the county and city health of the state i dr crumbine Crumb lne told of experiments ho be hail had nude made on logs dogs and with tho re suits as h his is text dext lie he urged that the state board of health limit ll 11 the use of preservatives serva tives to food stuffs that aro are to bo be sh shipped dipped long distances during the summer months dr crumbine Crumb lne said that on may alay first he took three dogs of the same age every morning he fed each one halt half pound of fresh lean meat at noon each a pint of milk and night nigh each teach dog had another half pound of the meat the meat wits was fresh without bones and was not scraps the food for forono ono log dog was with a one per nr cent solution ct cf benzoate for tho the second a one per cent solution of borax was used the third dog was fed untreated meat and milk within two weeks the benzoate benz dog became cross and refused to have anything to do with the others it lost its appetite and in six weeks had gained I 1 only 3 pounds in weight the borax dog did not become cross but within ten days its general health declined and it refused to drink the borated milk and in four had to be coaxed to tat eat meat the dog gained one pound in weight in six weeks but became listless the dog that had baen fed untreated meat gained in weight an average of one pound a week during the test and at no time did it become listless or lose its appetite |