496 



SUBJECT INDEX 



Milk, synthetic, 260 

 Milk dystrophy, 337 

 Milk powder, ability of mice to thrive 



on, 22 



Moller-Barlow's disease, 22 (see In- 

 fantile scurvy) 

 Monkeys, beriberi in, 153 



pellagra-like disease in, 155 



routine feeding of, 155 



suitability of, for study of scurvy, 



153, 154 



vitamine requirements of, 153, 



154, 155 



N 



"Neiching" (oldest medical book, 

 2697 B. C.), mention of beriberi 

 in, 278 

 Neoplasms, growth of, influence of 



diet on, 389, 390, 391 

 effect of pregnancy on, 389 

 Nicotinic acid, attempted synthesis 



of vitamine B from, 193 

 in rice polishings, 171 

 Nucleic acid derivatives, supposed 

 influence on growth of plants, 70, 

 71 

 Nucleins, in the body, synthesis of, 



20 

 Nutrition in Europe during the war, 



347, 348, 349 

 in man, 340 



on high fat diet, 338, 339, 346, 347 

 on high protein diet, 346, 347 

 on high starch diet, 346, 347 

 on high sugar diet, 346, 347 

 Nutritional requirements, 73 

 Bunge's statement, 22 

 Hopkins' prophetic view, 24 



O 



Oats, nutritive value of, 249 

 "Oocytin," growth substance from 



ox-blood, 50 

 Ophthalmia, absence of in Germany 



despite lack of vitamine A, 349 

 as suspected avitaminosis, 381, 382 



cure of, by yeast, 117 



cure of, by zinc sulfate and boric 

 acid wash, 117 



in chickens, 87 



in rats, 117 



on diet containing butter, 117 

 "Opsin," in growth of microorgan- 

 isms, 56 



'Orypan," in rice polishings, 172 

 "Oryzanin," in rice polishings 173 

 Osteogenesis imperfecta, relation to 



congenital rickets, 313 

 Osteomalacia, etiology of, 331 



metabolism in, 331 



pathology of, 330 



prevalence of, 329 



symptoms of, 330 



therapy of, 331 

 Osteoporosis, in dogs, 140 



relation to rickets, 313, 315, 329 



Parabiosis, in mice, 125, 126 

 Paramecium aurelia, growth of, effect 

 of vitamine extract (pancreas) on, 

 79 



Pellagra, absence of, in Central 

 Europe despite small amount of 

 animal protein available, 350 



association of, with the diet, 363, 

 365, 366, 367 



chemical pathology of, 361 



condition in dogs similar to, 140 



etiological factors in, 368 



etiology of, 366 



etiology of, in relation to corn con- 

 sumption, 250 



experimental, production of, 365 



infantile, 368 



in monkey, supposed production 

 of, 367 



lack of protein as cause of, unlike- 

 lihood of, 347 



metabolism in, 362 



mode of development of, 363 



occurrence of, ratio in men and 

 women, 352 



