The statements in the pamphlet and circular published are typical of the whole method of exploitation. For example, can such claims as these be surpassed by the veriest quack? “SCIENCE cannot improve the means employed in producing THE RUSSELL EMULSION.” “GENIUS has not devised better methods than are used in manufacturing THE RUSSELL EMULSION.” “MONEY cannot buy better products than are used in THE RUSSELL EMULSION.” “EXPERIENCE cannot suggest a more nutritious combination of fats than we use in THE RUSSELL EMULSION.” The emulsion is said to be made of equal parts of beef-fat, coconut, peanut and cottonseed oils, held in suspension by albumin. The latter we are told is applied to each globule of the emulsion by an “elaborate technical process” devised by Dr. Russell. The mixture is everywhere spoken of as a “physiological” emulsion, but the word is always in quotation marks. Why it is called “physiological” is not clear, but the term may be counted on to impress the unthinking or the unscientific. Numerous false and exaggerated statements are made about this “physiological” emulsion with reference to food value. For instance: “The nutritional value of fats differ; the nutritional value of these fats and their increased efficiency by combination over all others have been determined by extensive clinical observation.” And also: “The Russell Emulsion is approximated in food value by no other emulsion or food product in existence.” “A ‘physiological’ emulsion is a predigested food. It is absorbed with little assistance from the digestive juices, and with no waste of energy. It is, therefore, the ideal food....” These are sample statements found in the pamphlet and accompanying circular. A dozen or more pathologic conditions are mentioned in which this “ideal food” is specifically indicated; but we find, also, this curious statement: “Patients can rarely take this dose [speaking of the maximum dose of 2 ounces night and morning] for more than three or four weeks without showing symptoms of over-feeding.” This unguarded remark about an ingestion of 48 grams of fat daily prompts one to ask what is wrong with the “ideal predigested food.” Russell is wedded to the idea that “lime starvation” is the main factor in tuberculosis, and insists on the importance of large amounts of fat for the “lime starved.” “Dr. Russell was the original interpreter of the Lime Starved State and originated The Lime Starvation Treatment in Tuberculosis. He also first pointed out and emphasized the therapeutic importance of regarding the combination of lime phosphate and casein, as brought down by the rennet enzyme, as a chemical union.”