THE EGG.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 2502, 6 September 1890, Page 6

THE EGG.

It is remarkable what a place in tho world the egg occupies. It is an article of commerce that stands uncompetitive, an agricultural product for which tho demand never runs out; mev may surfeit on all other diet, the egg is ever welcome as a food. On account of its multitudinous ways of preparation, s etting aside the adjunct it plays in making other foods better, it is a veritable dainty and a food esteemed par excellence from the king to the poorest of his subjects. Why are eggs so popular r Are tliev sosuperior as a food? Yes. An egg contains very nearly all the elements of nutrition that go to make tissue. Because it contains phosphnrusand other brain forming material it is the scholar’s fare ; because it is richi n albumen, it is the invalid's invigoiator ; it, strengthens tho consumptive, invigorates the feeble, and is all but proof against malignant jaundice. No honest appetite has yet i*e jeete-d an egg in* some form, and to convey nourishment in disguise it is surpassed by no other food. An egg is nutritious in any prepared form and its preparation can be adapted to any affliction. It is the best food for n growing child. But not onlv is it a food but a very efficacious medicine in many circumstances us well. The white is one of the best remedies for burns, and au oil extracted from the yolk is considered by th*e Russians as an almost infallible cure for cuts and lacerations. As an antidote to poison it occupies a foremost position, the white only being* used. This antidotes the acids—sulphuric, nitric, muriatic, oxalic, carbolic; tho alkalies—ammonia, soda, potash, lye: corrosive sublimate is effectually untidoted by the whites of two eggs-and tartar emetic is made quite harmless. Sugar of lead is also untidoted by it. AYe re you aware before that tho. egg is as valuable us here expressed, and that it. is a true life preserver either as a food or medicine ? Yes. much raore might be said, but we hope this will justify a due appreciation in its favour.