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only one of its kind in the counlrv it has been looked to as the means 

 of putting to exact test the deductions and conclusions from other 

 investigation. 



The Avide interest awakened in nutrition studies, and the experi- 

 mental methods which have been elaborated, are substantial products 

 of the Department's work and influence in this line, and the step 

 taken by one of the highest research institutions of the country is 

 an indication of the way in which the Department's work may pre- 

 pare the wa}" for and stinuilatc research in the broader fields of 

 science. 



While plans for the continuation of these studies are not fully 

 matured, it is exj:)ected that the respiration calorimeter at Middle- 

 town will be nu)ved to AVashington and installed in the new labora- 

 tories now building on the Department grounds. 



