500 



SUBJECT INDEX 



Tubercle bacilli, vitamines in growth 



of, 60 

 Tuberculosis, as influenced by diet, 



384 

 Tumors, growth of, inhibition by 



underfeeding, 389 

 Tyroglypha, vitamines in growth of, 



84 



Vegetable soups, as therapeutic 

 measure in nutritive disturb- 

 ances of children, 337, 338 

 Vibrion septicus, growth of, 60 

 Vitamine, antipellagra, possible oc- 

 currence in animal protein of, 

 45 



choice of the name, 18, 36 



cycle, theory of, 71, 72 



content, of bacterial intestinal 

 flora, 210 

 cooking water, 241 



most frequently used foodstuffs, 

 table showing, 264 



various food-stuffs, influence of 

 ageing on, 243 

 baking on, 246 

 canning on, 242 

 cooking on, 238 

 drying on, 241 

 heating on, 238 

 storing on, 243 



natural difficulties involved in 

 determination of, 236, 237 



relative effect of temperature and 

 time of heating in presence 

 and absence of air on, 239, 

 240 



hypothesis of Portier, 79 



-like action of certain substances, 

 206 



preparations on the market, in- 

 efficiency of, 393, 394 



requirements, effect of dietary com- 

 position on, 210 



dependence of, on amount of food 

 assimilated, 213 



-sparing action of protein, 214, 262, 



263, 346 



synthesis of, by bacteria, 57 

 theory, importance of, effect of 



clinical data on, 26 

 types, 35, 36 



Vitamines, classification of, 36 

 comparison of, with ferments, 163 

 conception of, research leading to, 



19, 20 

 demonstration of existence of A, 



B and C, 40, 41 

 definition of, by Willaman, 65 

 gradual recognition of existence of, 



37, 38, 39 



inability of animal body to synthe- 

 size, 49 

 influence of, on anemia, 386 



calculi, formation of, 393 



cancer, 388, 389, 390 



carcinomas, 389 



chicken sarcoma, 390 



development of teeth, 391, 392 



diabetes, 387 



neoplasms, 388, 389, 390 



toxicity of poisons, 386 

 in animal kingdom, r61e of, 73 

 in bacteria, demonstration of, 57 

 in grain kernels, localization of, 



245, 246 

 in higher plants, localization of, 



49 

 in infections, significance of, 380, 



381 

 in nutrition, relative importance 



of, 73 



in pure state, possible action of, 394 

 in tissues, 210 

 in typhoid bacilli, 57 

 in vegetable kingdom, r61e of, 49, 



50, 51 



nomenclature, 39 

 practical aspect of, 393, 394 

 relation of, to condition of soil, 75 

 synthesis of, by some plants, 49, 



50 

 synthesis of, by yeast, 51 



