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Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-24

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9781527654877

Excerpt from Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 9: March and April 1868 Again; salt is an antiseptic - prevents or corrects a tendency to putrescence, either within or without the human system, and is known to be deitructive to parasitic animals which infest the stomach and alimentary canal, as escarides, lumbricoides, etc. Hence, those who use little, or no salt with their food are very subject to be affected by worms. 'f The ancient laws of Hol land, says Lord Summerville, ordained men to be kept on bread alone, unmixed with salt, asthc severest punishment that could be indicted upon them in their moist climate. The effect, says he, was horrible. These wretched criminals are said to have been devoured by worms, engendered in their own stom achs. In the Medical and Physical Journal, Dr. Marshall reports the case of a lady who had a natural aversion to salt, and who was most dreadfully afflicted with worms during the whole of her life. Let children, then, be accustomed to use provisions properly imbued with salt, and their mothers will have less need to resort to vermifuges. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.