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to sexual and environmental differences. The characteristics of the growth 

 curves of British infants were also compared with those of the growth curves 

 of South Australian infants of British descent. 



IV. The variability of the weight and stature of school children and its rela- 

 tionship to their physical welfare (pp. 547-554). — Data are reported regarding 

 the variability of weight and height of school children from 7 to 14 years of 

 age, and the influence of environment upon these variabilities. 



From the seventh to the fifteenth year the rate of increase in weight of both 

 sexes was found to increase. The variability in weight underwent a parallel 

 increase during this period, and stature also increased at an almost uniform 

 rate. Variability of stature was uniform and much less than variability of 

 weight. 



The author regards the measure of stature as a more reliable criterion of 

 abnormality than the measure of weight, but states that as a sensitive indi- 

 cator of the effects of environmental, physiological, or dietetic fluctuations the 

 measure of weight is to be preferred to that of stature, provided statistical 

 methods of investigation are employed. "Among children of 8 years of age 

 increasing unfavorability of environment and lack of medical care resulted in 

 a parallel increase in deficiency of weight and stature, accompanied by a de- 

 crease in the variability of weight and an increase in the variability of 

 stature." 



The use of boiled milk in Infant feeding and elsewhere, J. Beennemann 

 (Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc., 67 {1916), No. 20, pp. 1413-1419).— In this article 

 the author reports his clinical experience with the use of boiled milk in infant 

 feeding, which shows, in his opinion, that boiled milk possesses several advan- 

 tages over raw or pasteurized milk. Earlier work has been noted (E. S. R., 

 29, p. 360). 



The use of malt soup extract in infant feeding', B. R. Hoobler {Jour. Amcr. 

 Med. Assoc., 67 {1916), No. 20, pp. 1420-1422, figs. 2),— Methods are outlined 

 for the use of malt soup in the infant dietary. 



The relation of diet to beri-beri, E. B. Veddeb {Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc., 67 

 {1916), No. 21, pp. 1494-I497). — Experiments of the author and others are sum- 

 marized, and from the data presented he formulates the following dietary rules 

 for the prevention of deficiency diseases : 



" In any institution where bread is the staple article of diet, it should be 

 made from whole wheat flour. When rice is used in any quantity, the brown 

 undermined, or so-called hygienic rice, should be furnished. 



" Beans, peas, or other legumes, known to prevent beri-beri, should be served 

 at least once a week. Canned beans or peas should not be used. Some fresh 

 vegetable or fruit should be issued at least once a week and preferably at 

 least twice a week. Barley, a known preventive of beri-beri, should be used in 

 all soups. 



" If corn meal is the staple article of diet, it should be yellow meal or water- 

 ground meal — that is, luade from the whole grain. White potatoes and fresh 

 meat, known preventives of beri-beri and scurvy, should be served at least once 

 a week, and preferably once daily. The too exclusive use of canned goods must 

 be carefully avoided." 



The influence of flesh feeding on urinary creatinin, D. Bxjens and J. B. Okr 

 {Biochem. Jour., 10 {1916), No. 3, pp. 495-503). — Data are reported regarding 

 the amount of creatinin excreted when meat or creatin was added to an other- 

 wise creatin-free diet. The subjects of the experiments were normal young 

 men. 



The experiments showed that the ingestion of meat caused an increased 

 excretion of creatinin and generally the appearance of creatin in the urine, 



