The homoeopathist, or, Domestic physician / by C. Hering.

  • Hering, Constantine, 1800-1880.
Date:
1835-38
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Credit: The homoeopathist, or, Domestic physician / by C. Hering. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    bread baked of bad flour the appearance of good. This is principally hurtful to children, and to people of a weak stomach. You may perceive it in the bitter taste. Burn a pound of such bread to ashes, and you will find the magnesia. ALUM, a very pernicious substance, is very fre- quently used. In England the bakers make no secret of it, and mixtures of flour and alum, or alum and salt are sold publicly, and are intended to make white bread from spoiled flour, doubly detrimental to those who eat it, as spoiled flour in itself is already unwholesome. Some bakers do it without knowing that they injure the health of their customers. Soak the bread in water, knead it till it dissolves, adding enough water to make it thin, let it remain over night, then strain it, boil it down, and let it stand; the crystals of alum will ad- here, and you can taste it. COPPER is the worst of all adulterations, and thou- sands had been poisoned with it by the bakers in France and Belgium, before the physicians discovered the cheat; but they were punished by imprisonment. You have reason to suspect when a baker furnishes bread uncommonly white, fine, large and heavy. When burning such bread, you will perceive that the flame now and then burns green. To convince yourself per- fectly, soak some pounds of bread in water, and add enough to cover the whole completely, let it get sour and stand until it becomes clear. If you now suspend