SUBJECT INDEX 



495 



Insects, 83 



Intestinal stasis, as suspected avi- 

 taminosis 379 



K 



"Kaffir," as protective against 



scurvy 300 

 Kallak, as suspected avitaminosis, 



378 

 Keratomalacia (see Ophthalmia) 



Lactalbumin, nutritive value of, 



43, 44, 115 



Lactic acid bacteria, growth of, in- 

 fluence of autolyzed yeast on, 

 52, 53, 



growth of, inhibition of, 53 

 Lactose, supposed antiscorbutic ac- 

 tion, of 129 



Lamziekte, etiology of, 150, 151 

 in cattle and goats, 146, 147, 148, 



149 



pathology of, 149 

 six phases of, 151 

 symptoms of, 149 

 vitamine B not a causative factor 



in, 150, 151 



Laxatives, supposed antiscorbutic ac- 

 tion of, 129 

 Lecithin, action of, due to vitamine 



impurity, 81 



influence of, on growth, 81 

 in nutrition, supposed influence of, 



24 

 supposed curative action of, on 



beriberi, 52 



"Lecksucht," in reindeer, 142 

 Lemna minor, growth of, influence 

 of crude nucleic acid deriva- 

 tives on, 69 

 Leprosy, as suspected avitaminosis, 



385 

 "Leptom," function of, in plant 



nutrition, 65 

 Life without bacteria, 76, 77, 78, 79 



Lions, rickets in, 136 



"Lipoid gland," in development of 



avitaminoses, relation of, 229, 



230 

 Lipoid group, classification of those 



substances essential to life in, 21 

 Lipoids, in the body, synthesis of, 



20 



M 



Maize (see Corn) 



Man, vitamine requirements of, 155, 



156, 157 

 "Maniok," consumption of, as cause 



of beriberi, 278 

 Mammals, importance of vitamines 



for, 109 



Marasmus, occurrence of, 337 

 "Marmite" (yeast extract) 154, 294 

 Meat, significance of, as dietary com- 

 ponent, 262 



"Mehlnahrschaden," 122, 335 (see 

 Carbohydrate dystrophy and 

 Atrophy) 

 Meningococcus, conditions for 



growth of, 57, 58, 59 

 probability of necessity of two 



vitamines for growth of, 58 

 Metazoa, growth of, 81 

 Mice, vitamine requirements of, 125, 



126, 127 

 Milk, in nutrition, importance of, 



256 



nutritive value of, 261, 262 

 vitamine content of, 258 

 vitamine content of, influence of 



drying on, 260 

 vitamine content of, influence of 



evaporation on, 260 

 vitamine content of, influence of 



heat on, 259 



vitamine content and composition 

 of, influence of vitamine content 

 of fodder on, 256, 257, 258 

 vitamines in, demonstration of, 

 256, 257 



