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after the close of the experiment has never been mentioned, to my knowledge. 

 A good dish of oatmeal with cream, griddle cakes with sirup, ice cream, pies, 

 candy and plenty of it, cake, are the dishes which have generally been 

 mentioned." 



February 5, 1918. — ''The diet squad all went to Pec^s to a turkey dinner and 

 everyone 'stuffed to the limit.' Chef Hall gives our table special dishes of 

 bulky food such as greens and vegetables." 



February 6, 1918. — "Bread heavily covered with butter plentifully eaten. 

 Everyone ate to the limit last night.' ' "Men ate quite heavily the first part 

 of the week, but are not eating so much now." 



SQUAD B. 



The data for the members of Squad B concerning introspection on 

 diet are naturally not so extended as with Squad A. They are ac- 

 corded here the same treatment as the statements of Squad A. The 

 only note of general interest is the fact that bran was called for by 

 several members of Squad B following the close of the experiment. 



Edwakd M. Fisher (Fis). 



January 13, 1918. — "I feel empty since being on the diet." 

 February 8, 1918. — "I did not overeat after the experiment, although it 

 was a great temptation to keep filling up all the time. During the last 

 seven days I have taken just two meals a day, I found it necessary to cut 

 down. I think I have gained about 3 kg. in weight. I took two doses of 

 salts one week ago to help reduce.' ' 



Victor H. Hartshorn (Har). 

 January 13, 1918. — Complains of weariness since going on diet. 

 January 27, 1918. — "Immediately after meals I am all right." 

 February 8, 1918. — "Before I went on the diet experiment I was working 



at a boarding house and had much meat. A diet somewhat more than I was 



eating while on the experiment would be fine for me.' ' 



Karl Z. Howland (How). 



January 13, 1918.— "To-night I feel all right." 



January 19, 1918.— "I feel all right." 



January 27, 1918. — " I feel good to-night. This week all right, only I think 

 of eating so much of the time." 



February 8, 1918. — "Do not feel so well, but my mind is more peaceful, 

 as I can eat whatever I want and when I want it. If during the experiment 

 it had been impossible to get extra food or to get candy I would have been 

 more comfortable. I could have got on better, I believe, if there had been 

 a real need for reducing because of universal scarcity of food." 



Robert L. Hammond (Ham). 



January 9, 1918. — Can not eat fruit or jelly of any kind, as it does not 

 agree with him. Was not obliged to eat it but was not given a substitute. 

 January 13, 1918. — Feels all right, except for lack of food. 

 January 19, 1918. — "I feel hungry, but otherwise all right." 

 January 27, 1918. — "I feel fine. Could eat, but otherwise all right." 



Harold L. Kimball (Kim). 



January 13, 1918. — "The rheumatism which has troubled me a great deal 

 does not bother me now. It seems to be helped very much by the reduced 

 diet." 



