168 EXPERIMENT STATION RECOKD. 



Report on national vitality, its wastes, and conservation, I. Fisher (Bnl. 

 ('(nil. One Jliinilird Xal. llvuUh \\VnsUiiKjtim\, IHOD. No. SO, pp. VIH + 13H).— 

 Aniouf,' the subjects taken up are the conservation of national vitality through 

 public hygiene, seniipublic hygiene, and i»ersonal hygiene, the prevalence of 

 undue fatigue, and conservation through heredity. 



The question of diet and fatigue is discussed in relation to the tlieory that 

 the average jjrotein consunii)tioii at the present time is excessive, and in the 

 discussion iuvestigations which in the author's opinion would suppin't this 

 theory are summarized. 



As a whole, the bulletin is a valuable summary of statistical and other data. 



Tlieory of nutrition based on energetics, :\I. Bikciier-Renner iOrundziifjc 

 dcr Erndhrungstherapie auf Grund der Energetik. Berlin, 1909, 3. ed.; rev. in 

 Zcntbl. Physiol., 23 (1909), No. 13, p. 431). — This volume which advocates a 

 vegetarian and more specifically a raw fruit diet, is critically reviewed by the 

 al)stract()r. 



The applicability of the mass-energy law to energy changes in living mat- 

 ter, I, II. Friedenthat {Zenfhl. Physiol., 23 (1009), No. IJ,. pp. J,37-Jt39) .—An 

 introductory pajier. 



Regular ration of the French army: Chemical composition and energy 

 value, L. C. Maillard (Rev. Soc. Sci. Hyg. Aliment., 7 (1909), No. 6, pp. 127- 

 166). — In this report of the commission appointed for the study of the food of 

 the French army a large amount of information is summarized regarding the 

 scope of the inquiry, the methods of investigation, and the rations served and 

 their food and energy value. 



The protein in the rations of 1.37 regiments and l)attalions ranged from 125 

 to 19.^ gm. and the energy value from 3,126 to 4,500 caloines. or considering the 

 energy of digestible food, from 2,S13 to 4,131 calories. As regards the principal 

 divisions of the army, the author states that in the case of the artillery the 

 energy value of the rations was 3,407 calories; of the infantry, 3,280; and of 

 the cavalry, 3,160. 



In his discussion of the subject the author concludes that the French army 

 ration is deficient in protein of animal origin, deficient in fat, and contains an 

 excessive amount of protein of vegetable origin and an excess of carbohydrates. 



Army diet (Rev. Soc. Sci. ILyg. Aliment., 7 (1909), No. 6, pp. XXXVI, 

 XXXVII). — A discussion of the above paper. 



Analysis of prisoners' diet, H. Kreis (Ber. Chem. Lab. Basel, 1908, pp. 39-^1 ; 

 abs. in Ztschr. Untersuch. Nahr. u. Getmssmtl., IS (1909), No. 7, p. Jf26). — 

 From a study covering a week it was calculated that the daily food per person 

 supplied 109.6 gm. proteiu, 61.7 gm. fat, 18.3 gm. crude fiber and 465.9 gm. 

 other carbohydrates, and 46.9 gm. ash. including 36.5 gm. salt. 



A study of malnutrition in the school child (Jotir. Amcr. Med. Assoc., 53 

 (1909), No. 9, pp. 7 12-71 -'t). — A discussion of a paper by Sill, previously noted 

 (E. S. R., 21, p. 567). 



Towards social reform, Canon Barnett and Mrs. S. A. Barnett (New York, 

 1909, pp. 352). — A number of essays on social welfare topics which have ap- 

 peared at different times have been quoted in this volume. The article on the 

 public feeding of school children (pp. 106-116) is of interest to students of 

 nutrition. 



[An old age home] (In Copartnership in Housing. London, [1909], pp. 27, 

 28, pi. 1). — An illustrated description of a home for aged persons which gives 

 an opportunity ff)r cooperation in baking and in laundry work. 



A special object of the enterprise is to provide aged couples with quarters 

 insuring the privacy of the home with the conveniences possible by systematic 

 cooperation. 



