6 CONTENTS 



Osteomalacia . 329 



Symptoms 330 



Anatomy 330 



Metabolism 331 



Therapy 331 



Etiology 331 



Chapter IV. Some nutritional disturbances in children tetany, carbohy- 

 drate dystrophy (Mehlnahrschaden), atrophy 332 



Tetany (Spasmophilia) 332 



Etiology 332 



Symptoms 333 



Therapy 334 



Carbohydrate dystrophy (Mehlnahrschaden) 335 



Etiology 336 



Atrophy 336 



Other nutritive disturbances of children 337 



Chapter V. Nutrition in man An introduction to the study of pellagra 



and hunger edema 340 



Chapter VI. Pellagra 351 



Geographical distribution 351 



Progress of pellagra 352 



Acute, malignant form 354 



Light, sub-chronic form 354 



Severe, cachetic sub-chronic form 354 



Chronic form 354 



Symptomatology and pathology 355 



Gastro-intestinal tract 355 



Skin 357 



Nervous system 357 



Circulatory system 359 



Bones 360 



Sexual organs 360 



Other organs 361 



Chemical pathology 361 



Metabolism 362 



Prognosis - 362 



The relationship of pellagra to the accepted avitaminoses beriberi 



and scurvy 362 



Mode of development of pellagra 363 



Therapy 366 



Etiology 366 



Chapter VII. Sprue 369 



Symptomatology 369 



Pathological anatomy 370 



Therapy 370 



Pathogenesis . 371 



