God Arises
The Challenge of The Qur’an
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of disease much like milk. To his surprise, all the
disease germs he introduced into pure honey were
quickly destroyed. The germ that causes typhoid
fever died in pure honey after 48 hours exposure.
Enteritidis, causing intestinal inflammation, lived 48
hours. A hardy germ which causes broncho-
pneumonia and septicemia held out for four days.
Bacillus coil Communis which under certain
conditions causes peritonitis, was dead on the fifth
day of experiment. According to Dr. Bodog Beck,
there are many other germs equally destructible in
honey. The reason for this bactericidal quality in
honey, he said, is in its hygroscopic ability. It
literally draws every particle of moisture out of
germs. Germs, like any other living organism,
perish without water. This power to absorb
moisture is almost unlimited. Honey will draw
moisture from metal, glass and even stone rocks.”
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The account which modern physiology gives of
how milk is produced has led to a reinterpretation
of a Quranic verse on this subject which early
translators had found difficult to render for the lack
of scientific knowledge. Modern translation, backed
up by science, now gives us this interpretation:
