FOOD REFORM Sin,—As one who has tried to practise what
is sometimes called Food Reform for many years, I was much interested in the article on diet. One thing, however, struck me as curious. After stating that certain hill tribes in India were observed to thrive on a diet of vegetables, milk, &c., the writer proceeds to explain that this was then tried on rats. Not content with proving that wholesome food is good for rats as well as human beings, these brilliant investigators proceeded to feed other rats, not excluding some pregnant ones, on articles deficient in nourishing properties, with the result that the unfortunate creatures perished, together with their unborn offspring. Could there be a more flagrant instance of experiment for experi- ment's sake ? You know, by observation or experience, that certain kinds of food are good for human beings ; to prove this, you give rats another kind of food ! I should be sorry to think that the care of any patients were entrusted to persons of such [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR./
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