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Synopsis of State food laws {Food Laiv Bill., 2 {1!)07), No. 23, pp. 251, 

 2'),^-2')()). — A dij,^est of oxistius,' State pure food legishition. The material was 

 SJitliered by A. H. Beckuuinn for the Wholesale Grocers' Association and 

 codified by W. C. Breed. 



Food and drugs index {U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Puhs. Circ. 5, pp. 12). — A . 

 detailed index of Circulars 10 and 21, Office of the Secretary, and Food Inspec- 

 tion Decisions, 1-S7, published by this Department in connection with the food 

 and druf; inspection. 



Infant feeding and its influence on infant mortality in the Philippine 

 Islands, W. E. Musgrave and G. F. Richmond {Philippine Jour. .Sc/., 2 {1907), 

 \o. .'/, pp. 361-3S'), chart 1). — In connection with a discussion of infant feeding 

 in the Philippine Islands, analyses are reported of a number of sorts of con- 

 denstHl milk and similar goods, cows' milk, goats' milk, caral)aos' milk, and 

 mothers' milk (Caucasian woman in Manila and Filipino women). 



The average composition of carabao milk was as follows : Fat 10.03 per cent, 

 sugar 3.73 per cent, protein 6.31 per cent, ash 0.S8 per cent, total solids 21.44 

 per cent, solids by evaporation 22.09 per cent, water 77.90 per cent, solids not 

 fat 11.41 per cent. The milk had an average specific gravity of 1.036. 



Workingmen's diet, J. Tribot {Rev. Soc. Sci. Hyg. Aliment., // {1907), 

 No. 1, pp. 17-2-',).— In continuation of earlier work (E. S. R., 19, p. 563), the 

 author reports the results of investigations made with workingmen employed at 

 different trades. The protein content of the rations eaten by the different 

 groups at the principal meal varied from 46.3 gm. to 62.7 gm. per man, the fat 

 from 44.7 gm. to 6S.7 gm., and the carbohydrates from 29.4 gnu to 100.4 gm. 



Experiments with the Pettenkofer respiration apparatus, E. Rost {Ahs. 

 in Biochcm. CcnthL, 6 {1907), No. 16-17, p. 67/7).— A brief account of a paper 

 presented before the International Congress of Hygiene and Demography In 

 P>erlin, 1907, reporting the results of experiments on the carbon dioxid and 

 water excreted by man as measured by the Pettenkofer respiration apparatus, 

 and the results of control experiments designed to show the accuracy of the 

 apparatus. 



Concerning' taste. I, C. T. Becker and R. O. Herzog {Ztschr. Physiol. Ghem., 

 52 {1907), No. 5-6, pp. 1,96-505). — Experimental and other data are reported 

 regarding the difference in intensity of flavor of substances of similar chemical 

 nature. The intensity of flavor of the carbohydrates tested was in the follow- 

 ing order: Cane sugar, levulose, milk sugar, dextrose, maltose, and galactose, 

 milk sugar and d(^xtrose being alike in this resiiect. 



The physiology of digestion. I, Properties and composition of gastric 

 juice obtained from the dog by sham feeding, R. Rosemann {Arch. Physiol. 

 [Pfliigcr], 118 {1907), No. 8-10, pp. 1,67-521,).— \ study of the total dry matter, 

 ash constituents, hydrochloric acid content, and organic material of gastric 

 juice is reported. According to the author's observations, the amount of chlorin 

 in the gastric juice secreted in 31 hours may be equal to one-fourth of the total 

 amount present in the body. 



The chemistry of digestion in the animal body. XI. The gastric diges- 

 tion of food containing a number of ingredients, E. S. London and A. Sagel- 

 MANN {Ztschr. Physiol. (Jhcm., 52 {1907), No. 5-6, pp. //,S'i-.'/.S.'/ ) .— The experi- 

 mental data obtained with a dog showed that the stomach exerci.sed a selective 

 function in the digestion of food containing more than one ingredient. 



Protein metabolism in relation to the work of digestion, W. Roehl {Arch. 

 Physiol. [Pfliigcr], 118 {1907), No. 8-10, pp. 51,7-550, pi. /).— Fronv a 7-day 

 test on a nitrogen-free diet, of which he was himself the subject, the author 

 concludes that the work of digestion, like muscular work, does not cause an 



