Replied By Rob (Kentucky) on 09/20/2024

by Educational Foundations, Volumes 33-39, page 5 – 6. 1921.

Baking Soda, which is Bicarbonate of Soda, is described in that authoritative work, The New Standard Dictionary, as, “a white crystalline substance, less soluble than sodium carbonate and having only a slight alkaline taste, used in cookery, in baking powders and in medicine." Its use as a medicine is briefly outlined by Nelson's Encyclopaedia as follows:

"Sodium bicarbonate is used in medicine as an antacid (an alkaline remedy for stomach acidity), and, on account of the large amount of carbon dioxide that is readily set free from it by acids or by heating, it is an important component of Seidlitz powders and other effervescing mixtures, and of baking powders."

The New International Encyclopaedia says:

"Sodium bicarbonate alkalinizes the blood and secretions, and is used as a corrective in functional diseases of the stomach."

The proven value of Arm & Hammer Pure Bicarbonate of Soda as a therapeutic (healing) agent is further evinced by the following voluntary testimony of Edward R. Hays, M.D., in his letter to the Church & Dwight Company:

"In 1918 and 1919 while fighting the 'Flu' with the U. S. Public Health Service it was brought to my attention that rarely any one who had been thoroughly alkalinized with bicarbonate of soda contracted the disease, and those who did contract it, if alkalinized early, would invariably have mild attacks . I have since that time treated all cases of ' Cold, ' Influenza and LaGrippe by first giving generous doses of Bicarbonate of Soda, and in many, many instances within 36 hours the symptoms would have entirely abated.

"Further, within my own household, before Woman's Clubs and Parent-Teachers' Associations, I have advocated the use of Bicarbonate of Soda as a preventive for ' Colds, ' with the result that now many reports are coming in stating that those who took 'Soda ' were not affected, while nearly every one around them had the ' Flu.'

Besides doing good in respiratory affections, bicarbonate of soda is of inestimable value in the treatment of Alimentary Intoxication, Pyelitis (inflammation of the pelvis ), Hyper-Acidity of Urine, Uric Acid disturbances, Rheumatism and Burns . An occasional three-day course of Bicarbonate of Soda increases the alkalinity of the blood, assists elimination and increases the resisting power of the body to all infectious diseases.

"The value of the world's famous Spas and Health Springs is largely in the Alkalinity of the water. A comparative few may need Vitamines, but our great 'National Crime' is over-eating, both in Vitamines and everything else, which, among other things, means an increased acid retention within the body and a predisposition to Rheumatism, Gout, etc.