Y68 EXPEEIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Feeding- of prisoners, D. Widmeb {UmHchau. I', il'.ilO), No. 6, pp. 109-111). — 

 The need for an iidoquate diet and the importauco uf variety are discussed, and 

 information is given regarding tlie attempts made to secure satisfactory diet at 

 Basel state prison. Tlie list of menus for 9 days which is submitted shows that 

 an attempt is made to avoid a regular I'otation of menus. According to the 

 author, the food cost between 10 and 11 cts. per person i)er day during 1908. 

 According to Jacquet's calculations, the daily diet supplies 90 to 9.5 gm. protein, 

 of which one-third is of animal origin ; 60 to 65 gm. fat ; and .500 to 525 gm. carbo- 

 hydrates; the total energy value being 3,000 calories. 



Nutrition and dietetics, W. S. Hall {New York and Loudon, 1910. pp. 

 X-\-31.). figs. 7). — As tlie subtitle states, this volume is designed as a manual 

 for students of medicine, for trained nurses, and for dietitians in hospitals and 

 other institutions. 



The pincipal subjects included are foods, the use of foods in the body, diet in 

 health, and diet in disease. The appendixes give classifications of diets, recipes 

 for preparing foods, and directions for the experimental study of the chemistry 

 of foodstuffs, foods, and digestion. 



The volume as a whole discusses the subject of nutrition in health and disease, 

 particularly with reference to students' needs, and according to the author, 

 represents the course in food and nutrition which he and his associates now 

 give to undergraduates and nurses. An index is provided. 



Human nutrition, II, Flora Rose (Cornell Reading-Course for Farmers' 

 Wires, n. ser. 2, 1909, No. 7, pp. 25-JiS, figs. 3). — Undereating and overeating, the 

 preparation of foods, vegetable cookery, and similar questions are taken up in 

 this popular discussion of food problems. Simple menus are suggested and a 

 plea is made for simplicity in living. For earlier work see a previous note 

 (E. S. R.. 21, p. PA\?>). 



A two-years' test of a veg-etarian diet including animal fats, H. Tissieb 

 {Compi. Rend. *S'or. Biol. [/'«//.s], 68 {1910), No. 1, pp. 12-1. 't) .—Vvom the data 

 discussed, the author concludes that in the case of 2 adults, one of 4.3 and the 

 other of 53 years, a vegetarian diet was amply sufficient not only for the 

 ordinary body demands but also for a large amount of physical exertion. 



The nutritional orig-in and treatment of beriberi, L. Breaudat (Bui. Soc. 

 Path. Exot., 3 {1910), No. 1, pp. 13-20). — From his experiments with animals 

 and man the author does not recognize the existence of toxic properties in 

 normal rice albumin. On the other hand, his results confirm, in his opinion, 

 the theory that certain parts of the rice bran exercise a protective action in 

 beriberi. He states that all of the animals experimented on, whether they were 

 affected with parasites or not, when fed cooked polished rice infected with 

 the vibrion ferment, died, while similar animals fed in a similar way, except 

 that rice bran was given in addition, did not become diseased but rather gained 

 in weight. Rice bran was also found to exercise curative properties. 



The protective and curative properties were also demonstrated, according to 

 the author, in studies with man. 



The report is followed by a discussion. 



Dried milk as a food for infants, O. K. Millard {Brit. Med. Jour.. 1910, 

 No. 2561, pp. 253, 25J[). — On the basis of extensive tests of dried milk at Lei- 

 cester Corporation Infants' Milk Depot, conclusions favorable to the use of this 

 material as infant food were reached. According to the author, the advantages 

 attending its use are ease of digestion, bacterial purity including freedom from 

 tubercle bacilli and contamination by flies, the fact that it may be kept in hot 

 weather without souring, its cheapness as no waste is involved, and its conven- 

 ience, and palability. 



