[16] In a letter to Mr Carqué, on this subject, Dr Wiley writes:
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Bureau of Chemistry
Washington, D. C.
Mr OTTO CARQUÉ, 1st August 1904.
765 N. Clark St., Chicago, Ill.
Dear Sir,—I regret to say that no one in this country has undertaken a complete analysis of all the mineral constituents of foods. An analysis usually relates to the nutritive value and general composition, but does not give, as a rule, the composition of the ash.
I think it is highly desirable that the composition of ash be carefully studied and hope that some chemist will take that matter up in the near future. Respectfully,
(Signed) H. W. WILEY, Chief.
[17] “On one occasion, when living for five days entirely upon oranges, our temperature was lessened, still we felt a pleasant glow throughout the system; but to other individuals we felt cold; animal heat is therefore only relative. We further found that only three or four hours sleep was required in the twenty-four hours.”
[18] “Nutrition of Man,” p. 4.
[19] “Physiological Economy in Nutrition,” pp. 274-275.
[20] “ ... The American must be educated in the principles of the frugivorous diet. ‘Its never too late to learn,’ and ‘now is the appointed time.’ Unquestionably man can live on a diet of fresh meats—proof of which is amply afforded by the very fact that the larger part of the people of the North American continent of to-day are living almost wholly or largely on such a diet. When it comes to a discussion of the relative merits of the two diets ... we need go no further than to chemistry and physiology, which show that the flesh meats do not begin to contain the same amount of nutriment as do the nuts, and some of the other articles of vegetable origin.” “The Art of Living in Good Health,” p. 197. By Daniel S. Sager, M.D.
[21] “See pp. 34-44 of my “Vitality, Fasting and Nutrition,” where this question is discussed at length.