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Many hospitals, botli public and jirivate, maintain well equipped 

 laboratories in which excellent work is done, much of which is of 

 interest to students of nutrition. 



A few privately endowed institutions also do* research work along 

 medical and jjliysiolof^ical lines. Of unusual inij)ortance in this con- 

 nection is the nutrition laboratory of the Carnej^ic In.stitution of 

 Washinj^jton which has been erected near the new buildings of the 

 Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass. This laboratory, which 

 is under the direction of Dr. F. G. Benedict, formerl}'^ associated 

 with Professor Atwater at Wesleyan University, is one of the most 

 completely equipped of its kind in the world, and elaborate investi- 

 gations with respiration calorimeters and other special apparatus are 

 being carried on in which studies of nutrition under pathological 

 conditions will be an important feature. 



Besides the various classes of institutions already enumerated, 

 there is a constantly increasing number of individuals, especially in 

 university and medical school laboratories, who are doing work of 

 high grade along the lines of nutrition and whose reports appear in 

 university publications and in scientific journals, both American and 

 foreign. 



The practical application of the results of scientific nutrition inves- 

 tigation to the improvement of living conditions which is being made 

 by leading students, by individuals, by institutions and organizations 

 is a very gratifying feature of the work in the United States. The 

 home economics movement, which is making rapid headway in the 

 United States, is doing much to spread accurate knowledge of food 

 and nutrition. Such subjects are being introduced into many schools 

 and into an increasing number of agricultural and other colleges. 

 They are also becoming prominent in the programmes of women's 

 clubs and in the courses in correspondence schools. The Federal 

 Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Education cooperate 

 in such movements, by their literature and their aid in formulating 

 general plans. 



A school of household science has been held in connection with the 

 last two sessions of th« Graduate Summer School of Agricultural 

 Science organized by the Office of Experiment Stations, and it is 

 expected will be continued in coming years. At the previous meet- 

 ings courses have been presented on nutrition and allied topics, which 

 have proved of great benefit and a stimulus to the many teachers in 

 attendance. 



In this connection mention should also be made of the newly formed 

 American Home Economics Association, which auns to encourage 

 and coordinate efforts for "the improvement of living conditions in 

 the home, the institutional household, and the community." 



