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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I read a book decades ago that said Finland ran out of wheat in WW1. That resulted in many mentally ill people becoming normal, who were then released from mental institutions.


27 posted on 06/30/2019 1:24:25 PM PDT by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: aimhigh
I read a book decades ago that said Finland ran out of wheat in WW1. That resulted in many mentally ill people becoming normal, who were then released from mental institutions.

Strange..."there must be something in the water" as the saying goes, or I guess the wheat in this case?!

Fallen though our earth may be, I don't like the idea of dismissing one of God's provisions for mankind's sustenance outright.

93 posted on 07/01/2019 6:34:08 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: aimhigh

I read a book decades ago that said Finland ran out of wheat in WW1. That resulted in many mentally ill people becoming normal, who were then released from mental institutions.


Ok, historical facts. Partial facts are dangerous.

http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/wong/BOT135/LECT12.HTM

It as MORE likely they were released because the quality and quantity of food got better. The lack of good food meant they had to eat some pretty crappy stuff like ergot infested rye.


97 posted on 07/01/2019 6:55:18 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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