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individuals as to food, regulation of the food issued from the stores accordingly, 

 preferential use of those food alternatives in the dietary which are cheaper for the 

 time heing, good and economical cookery in the kitchen, and finally, intelligent dis- 

 tribution, are all essential to the checking of waste in the dietary arrangements of a 

 large institution." 



The diet of Indo-Chinese -when living in a cold climate, Ei. Moulinier 

 (Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. [Paris], 57 (1904), No. 27, pp. 210, 211).— The author 

 records data regarding the diet of a number of Anamites during the winter season 

 on the Yangtze River, where the climate was quite cold. These subjects had for- 

 merly lived on the Tonkin delta, where the climate was very warm. It was noticed 

 that during the cold weather their 'accustomed diet, consisting largely of rice, which 

 is deficient in protein, did not suffice for their needs. The carbohydrates in the 

 ration were diminished and the nitrogenous constituents increased, the ration 

 adopted being biscuit 100 gm., rice 800 gm., meat (chicken, pork, etc. ) Mini gm., fat 

 15 gm.. and salt 10 gm., with some tea and condiments. On this diet, which the 

 author calculates furnished 126.7 gm. protein and 3,600 calories, they remained in 

 good health and were able to perform the required amount of muscular work. 

 Especial emphasis is laid on the fact that a considerable amount of protein was 

 require I. 



Methods followed in fixing upon dietary standards, A. (tautier (Rev. Soc. 

 Sci. Hyg. Aliment., I ( 1904), No. 2, pp. 117-120). — In a controversial article the 

 author gives reasons for his belief that the average data regarding the food consumed 

 by a large number of people are trustworthy, and in support of his contention he 

 compares the average figures, which he has computed as representing the amounts 

 consumed per man per day in Paris, with data which have been obtained with single 

 individuals or with small groups. 



A cause of error in calculating the energy value of dietaries, A. Slosse 

 (Her. Soc. Sci. Hyg. Aliment., 1 (1904), No. 2, pp. 121-125). — The author discusses 

 the sources of error in the determination of protein, fat, and carbohydrates by the 

 ordinary methods of analysis and the consequent errors which are introduced when 

 the fuel value of these constituents is calculated in the usual way. The importance 

 of the errors is illustrated by calculating the energy value of a number of rations by 

 the usual method and by the method which he proposes. 



Concerning a modification of the formula devised by Chauveau, J. Lefevre 

 (Com/>t. Rend. Soc. Biol. [Paris], 56 (1904), No. 17, /</'■ 807-809).— A critical discus- 

 sion of a formula proposed by Chauveau for calculating energy. 



Notes on the relation between nutrition investigations and working 

 power, E. Waxweiler (Rev. S<>c Sci. Hyg. Aliment., 1 (1904), No. ..', /</<. 113-116). — 

 A discussion of nutrition investigations as a part of sociological investigations, with 

 special reference to the character of the work performed by the persons studied. 



The work performed in riding a bicycle, W. Berg, R. du Bois-Revmoxd, and 

 L. Zuntz (Arch. Aiiot. n. Physiol., Sup., /<. 20; abs. in. Zentbl. Physiol, 18 (1904), 

 No. ,.'.', //. 7 10). — The energy which is required to propel a bicycle was measured by 

 attaching it to a motor car and making a dynamometer test. A comparison of the 

 results obtained with values which Zuntz has reported for the total energy expended 

 by a bicycle rider showed that 25 per cent of the total energy expended by the rider 

 is used for forward progression. The ordinary resistance in rapid riding, the effect 

 of the position of body, the work of the legs, and other questions, were also studied. 



The dependence of food upon heat balance judged by studies in the Trop- 

 ics, in temperate regions, and at high altitudes, Ranke (Hug. Rundschau, 1 i 

 (1904), No. 24, pp. 1229-1231). — In a paper presented before the seventy-sixth meet- 

 ing of German Naturalists and Physicians the results of metabolism experiments were 

 presented in relation to the food required in different climates, the data being dis- 



