492 



SUBJECT INDEX 



Beriberi, effect of pyrimidine deriv- 

 atives on, 206 

 effect of quinine on, 206 

 effect of strychnine on, 206 

 effect of thyroid extract on, 206 

 first clear conception as to cause of 



development of, 31 

 human, acute pernicious or cardio- 

 vascular form of, 289 

 human, chemical pathology of, 



293 



human, dry atrophic form of, 287 

 human, general pathology of, 291, 



292 



human, general therapy of, 293 

 human, infantile, 290 

 human, infantile, therapy of, 294 

 human, mode of occurrence of and 



diets leading to, 280, 281, 282 

 human, mortality in, 289 

 human, prevalence of, 278, 279 

 human, relationship of, to rice con- 

 sumption, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 

 human, relationship of, to scurvy, 



295 



human, sensory-motor form of, 283 

 human, symptomatology of, 228, 



283 



in birds, blood sugar in, 109 

 in birds, changes in the gastro- 

 intestinal tract, 107, 108 

 in birds, chemical pathology of, 



109 

 in birds, glycogen content of liver 



in, 109 

 in birds, increase of adrenaline in, 



133 



in cats, 135 

 in chickens, 92, 93, 94 

 in dogs, 137 

 in pigeons, 97, 98 

 in pigeons, endocrine glands in, 



105, 106, 215 



in pigeons, glucose in, 215 

 in pigeons, glucosuria in, 215, 217 

 in pigeons, heart in, 104 

 in pigeons, muscles in, 104 



in pigeons, nervous system in, 103, 



104 

 in pigeons, pathological anatomy 



of, 103 



in pigeons, phlorizin in, 215 

 in pigeons, time of development 



of, 99 

 in pigeons, types of, 99, 100, 101, 



102 

 mention of. in Neiching (oldest 



medical book 2697 B. C.) 278 

 nature of substance curative for, 



31, 32, 33 

 original conception of cause and 



prevention of, 30, 31 

 starvation, 211 



"Bios," characteristics of, 51, 52 

 effect of, on growth of yeast, 55 

 nature of, controversy as to, 52 

 similarity of, to vitamine B, 51, 



52 

 Bow legs, possible dietetic origin of, 



387 



BreadC "Soldiers' bread"), 245 

 Butter, centrifugation of, 38 



C 

 Calculi, formation of, influence of 



vitamines on, 393 

 Cancer, influence of vitamines on, 



388, 389, 390, 391 

 possibility of chemical substance 



as etiological factor in, 388 

 Carbohydrate dystrophy, atrophic- 



hydremic form of, 335 

 etiology of, 336 

 hypertonic form, of, 335 

 pure atrophic form of, 335 

 occurrence of, in artificially-fed 



babies, 335 



Carcinomas, supposed acceleration of 

 growth of, by underfeeding, 

 389 



Carrel's antiseptic method of wound 

 treatment, possible use of vita- 

 mines as nutrient in, 82 

 tissue cultures in vitro, 81, 82 



