Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1908 — The Ant as a Medicine. [ARTICLE]

The Ant as a Medicine.

Having thoroughly exploited the curative powers of the bee, writers have now apparently turned to the %nt. The latter, like the former, owes Its medicinal virtues to ths formic arid that It contains. Indeed, this acid owes Its name to the ant (Latin formica.) “According to the investigations of M. Clement, of Lyons, formic acid is a very Important drug. It augments considerably the muscular strength and resistance of fatigue. ... Its use causes to disappear the sensation of fatigue in the limbs, often felt on awakening la the morning. . . . Theee statements have probably only relative value, but Clement has supported them by experiments with Homo’s ergograph on a young man of 22 years. . . Ths results showed that after the use of formic acid the subject was sbls to furnish ten periods of work instead of live,' and to raise a weight 479 times lastead of Is 2, making an expenditure of 196 kll ogrammeters of energy instead of *JL.-?44tei»nr Digest