POISONOUS FOOD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11871, 24 January 1902, Page 6

POISONOUS FOOD.

to the EDITOR. . " - J Sir, — that the Christinas and New, ■ i Year feastings are past, and that' there,is* V >S3 no danger of upsetting: tho stomachs 'of those •who have been freely indulging in poultry,' % t| : etc., perhaps it might bo well to call publio;§S?| attention to the danger 'of eating strangled' 11 I fowl, i.e., fowl killed by merely twisting the aec!;, thus allowing the blood; to v. stagnate . S in tho bod}'. During the '.season just past great was the slaughter ;in - Auckland, orKtSigiS shocking^ tho sdisgusting exhibition' of fowl, ■with % hideous % blue-black necks, heads, and bodies in various stages of' mortification? soma ,of them, in : anticipation of extra demand, having been strangled two or three days before being sold to the unfortunate* 1 vj 3 customer. > The question naturally arises, il hero, Has the. meat inspector, who occasion-' ',3 j • ally.: raids •: butchers' . shops and condemns alii if tliero that ho dooms unfit for ihuman, con-- '-w IS sumption, no power or right to condemn fowl- •! that is unfit for use, and where are. we to 4S*Jf look for tho lino of demarcation? As Raster will be shortly upon, us, ' with its- ordinary feastings, it might bo well to sound-a .'note |$'V* of caution, so that blood-poisoning might -bo- s*avoided as much as. possible. In ! the: mat- § tor of pork also much might be said, "which !» I should like to relegate to abler hands, but; &» the text is for tho present " fowl and blood." J The cause and cure of canccr and consump-, ' ( l tion has of late attracted extra attention > ,* from;, the scientist and medical iacuity, l ;bid . W bacillus and microbe catching and nursing. J has as yet resulted in little to holp us to -V Ycombat those dread, After all that fc| * I have heard or read on this subject. Ilajur-Jf thrown back upon tho Book, of Books—the <" grand old: Bible— . unerring truth, •. from ; which we learn what to cat and what to dis- ' card in tho ...■way of food—and' God's 1 laws . . change, not—and by humbly and implicitly < ft following the commands and counsel therein r contained we shall escape many- of ' the sad! ' J-f consequences of disobedience. In this con--nection it is noteworthy that those of our - "j Hebrew brethren who follow God's express - , ; laws as to food, are comparatively exempt-j front-cancer and consumption. And Christians also, can see the force of those laws— i 1' > which have not been" repealed—by reading *%[<? Leviticus xvii., 10, 11, 12, and Acts xv., 20. '1 I 28, 29. , I have just hurriedly penned these' few ; ; thoughts in ordor that special attention may ''} bo given to )the subject indicated, and that i by thorough ventilation -of it'good may en-;, 1 1 ■ sue.—l am, etc., John H. Scott. J Hillside, Colic Road, January 22, 1902. :'5