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Twelfth annual report of th.e dairy, food, and oil commissioner, M. 

 Geoshon {Ann. Rpt. Dairy, Food mid Oil Comr. Wyo., 12 {1916), pp. 105).— Thin 

 contains information regarding a large number of samples of miscellaneous 

 foods analyzed. The report of T. S. Parsons, seed analyst, is also included. 



The economical ration for the times, C. Bolduan {Sci. Amer., 115 {1916), 

 No. 2Jh p. 529). — This article describes a dietary worked out by the New York 

 City Department of Health for a family of two adults and three minor children 

 for one week, at a cost of $7.86. Several suggestions are also given as to ways 

 in which cheaper foods may be substituted for more expensive ones. 



Schoolhouse meeting discussion of how to feed the family for health and 

 efficiency, Jessie P. Rich {Bui. Univ. Tex., No. 68 {1915), pp. 18, figs. 5).— A 

 popular bulletin in which 11 questions regarding the diet are answered. 



The feeding- of prisoners and sanitary conditions in German camps, A. O. 

 GuiLLAUME {Rev. Sci. [Paris], 54 {1916), II, No. 20, pp. 619-624) .—The average 

 daily ration at tlolzminden is given as protein, about 55 gm. ; fat, 15 gm. ; and 

 carbohydrate, 272 gm. ; with an average energy value of 1,492 calories. 



[Food of the natives of Mailu, British New Guinea], B. Malinowski 

 {Trans. Roy. Soc. So. Aust., 39 {1915), pp. 546-553, figs. 8).— A part of a report 

 on the natives of Mailu. Information is given regarding the nature of the food 

 and its preparation and cooking. A number of utensils are also described. 



The control of hunger in health and disease, A. J. Carlson {Chicago: 

 University of Chicago Press, 1916, pp. VII +319, figs. 39). — This book sum- 

 marizes the laboratory work during the last four years of the author and others 

 on the stomach, with special reference to hunger and appetite. The subjects 

 discussed are the biological significance of hunger, the stomach in hunger, 

 some accessory phenomena in hunger, the relation of hunger to appetite, the 

 sensibility of the gastric mucosa, hunger and age, hunger in prolonged starva- 

 tion, the nervous control of the hunger mechanism, the chemical control of the 

 hunger mechanism, secretion of appetite gastric juice in man, the chemistry of 

 human appetite gastric juice, and hunger and appetite in disease. A bibliog- 

 raphy is included. 



Results of studies on vitamins and deficiency diseases, during the years 

 1913-1915, C. Funk {Biochem. Bui., 4 {1915), No. 14-15, pp. 304-364, fig. 1).— 

 This article is a summary and digest of experimental data relative to these 

 subjects, which have been published since the appearance of the author's book 

 (E. S. R., 32, p. 578). The subjects considered are I)eri-beri, scurvy, pellagra, 

 sprue, rickets, the chemistry and physiology of growth, etc. An extended bibli- 

 ography is appended. 



The transmissibility of pellagra. — Experimental attempts at transmission 

 to the human subject, J. Goldbeeger {Pub. Health Rpts. [U. S.], 31 {1916), 

 No. 4S, pp. 3159-3173). — The investigation here reported is in continuation of 

 earlier work by the author (E. S. R., 34, p. 258). Material (blood, nasopharyn- 

 geal secretions, epidermal scales from pellagrous skin lesions, urine, and feces) 

 from 17 severe cases of pellagra was administered to the volunteer subjects of 

 the experiments (16 humans), who afterwards continued their customary habits 

 of life and diet. Observations of the subjects during a period of five to seven 

 months showed that none has developed evidence justifying the diagnosis of 

 pellagra. The author states that, in his opinion, "these experiments furnish 

 no support for the view that pellagra is a communicable disease ; they materially 

 strengthen the conclusion that it is a disease essentially of dietary origin, 

 brought about by faulty, probably 'deficient,' diet." 



Experimental scurvy produced in guinea pigs by milk and milk products, 

 J. J. MooRE and Leila Jackson {Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc, 67 {1916), No. 26, pp. 

 1931-1935). — In these experiments one group of the guinea pigs was fed upon 



