Show copper said to be anemia cure 9 anemic rats when fortified with ferric chloride it also proved effective lit in correcting the ailment thus thue this product which tins been most successful in treating man corrected the deficiency elency to in rats coppers role in plant and animal tissue Is not clearly understood it Is found to in milk in small quantities its function in producing hemoglobin Is as hart stated idle to speculate upon may fully not of contain copper at least no evidence to the contrary lias has yet been produced la in this connection copper may at ait as a no an agent which starts an action without vilt hout being changed ell a d itself it may promote the building of horn hem liln iron functions in a similar manner to in the production of chlorophyll the green pigment of vegetation although it Is not a constituent of the chlorophyll molecule experiments with tile lie use of copper to in tile the diets of anemic patients will be undertaken lit in the near future tit nt certain leading hospitals it if this inorganic substance plays the part in the human system that it does in the life of white rats rals nutrition specialists will probably give as mu much chcon con to the copper content of foodstuffs as Is now paid to some other elements such as phosphorus calcium and iodine future experiments at wisconsin will also app approach the problem from this standpoint as the file copper content of animal feeds Is known to vary widely |