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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 physicians physi-cians 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 cooked flavor or lessen its nutritive value." Where are Sukey and dear old Bossy of yesterday? Gone, without with-out ever having entertained the slightest slight-est suspicion that their lacteal product prod-uct was not above reproach. Then science comes in to cast doubt upon all their daughters. "A healthy child," says the Homeopathic Envoy, "growing "grow-ing up where germs swarm becomes a stitong man, while another fed on pasteurized pas-teurized milk and guarded by 'sterilization' 'steriliz-ation' may grow up a weakling. Why? Give it up! Perhaps there are fundamental funda-mental causes not recognized by the theorists. If milk will cause disease, will heating make it wholesome? If milk is pure, will not heating cause it to lose its best nutritive qualities? If the germs come from the cow, why use her milk? If they come from without, why not keep them out instead in-stead of killing them after they get in the milk?" Indianapolis News. |
