1074 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



is reported. Two samples were made from Zante currants and the third from raisins 

 from Asia Minor. 



Food and drugs, C. J. Higc41nson {London: Effingham WiLson ; rcr-. in. A)MlyM,27 

 {1902), Apr., p. 136). — A second edition, revised and enlarged, of this volmne which, 

 according to the sub-title, is designed as a manual for solicitors, public analysts, 

 inspectors) etc., and contains a consolidation of the various food acts of Great Britain. 



Handbook of hygiene, T. Weyl {Ilandhach duv Ilygitnif. Jena: Gustav Fisclter, 



1901, Sup. 1, pp. 74 -f S6 -(- 85, Ji(jfi. 6, dgins. 17). — This volume contains 3 papers, viz. 

 Notes on school hygiene and that of the profession of teaching, by L. Burgerstein; 

 The hj'giene of labor in an atmosphere of compressed air, by P. 8ilberstern; and The 

 hygiene of the alcohol question, by A. Delbriick. I 



Handbook of public health, laboratory -work, and food inspection, O. W. 

 Andrews {London: Boillirn', TiitdaU li- Cox; Porti<mout}i : ('harj>riitier d- Co., 1901, pp. 

 ^92,Jig.'f. 74)- — This volume is divide<l into 3 parts. The first considers the inspection 

 of meat, fish, and poultry intended for human food; the second the inspection of 

 water, air, and milk, and other food stuffs, as well as alcoholic beverages. In the 

 third part meteorology and the influence of various atmospheric phenomena on health 

 and disease are treated of. 



Hygiene of the stomach, a practical dietetic guide, E. Monin {L'hggiene de 

 Vestomnc; guide p>ratiqn(' dcV alimentation. Paria: Octave Doin, pp. XV-\'432). — The 

 principal animal and vegetable foods are discussed, as well as condiments, beverages, 

 diet, and related topics. A new edition. 



Report on dieting of pauper lunatics in asylums and lunatic -wards of poor- 

 houses in Scotland, J. C. Dunlop ( dlu.^goir: .lames Iledderu-ii-l: it' Sons, 1902, pp. 

 98) . — A numljer of dietary studies are reported and discussed, and suggestions for 

 improvement are offered 



ANIMAL PEODUCTION. 



The excretion of phosphoric acid by carnivora and herbivora, W. Berg- 

 MANN {Arch. E.rper. Patlt. u. PharmakoL, 47 {1901), pp. 77-81; atis. in. Chem. Cerdbl., 



1902, L, So. 3, pp. 219, 220) . — The author calls attention to the fact that dogs ordi- 

 narily excrete phosphoric acid in the urine, but when calcium carbonate is fed they 

 excrete the i)hospliorus in the feces. The author shows that if sodium phosphate is 

 injected subcutaneously it is eliminated through the kidneys, even if calcium car- 

 bonate is supplied in the food. The diminished amount of the phosphoric acid in 

 the urine when the diet contains an abundance of calcium carbonate is regarded as 

 due to the fact that it is not absorbed, and not to the excretion of absorbed phos- 

 phoric acid through the intestine. In experiments with herbivora (sheep) the 

 phosphoric acid subcutaneously injected was excreted in the feces. Glycerin phos- 

 phoric acid when subcutaneously injected was excreted by a dog in the urine and 

 by a sheep in the feces as inorganic phosphoric acid. 



Note on the cleavage of sugar from protein, J. Wohlgemuth {Berlin. Klin. 

 Wchnschr., S7 {1900). pji. 74-5-749; <''<«. //* Ztschr. Untersuch. Nalir. ti. Genussmtl., 5 

 {1902), Xo. 6, p. 250). — A nuin})er of experiments are reported. 



The eflfect of sugar on the organism, P. Albertoxi {Centhl. Phgsiol., 15 {1901), 

 pp. 457-459; Chem. Centbl., 1902, I, No. 1, p. 59). — Experiments with a dog showed 

 that grape sugar increased the action of the heart. Data are recorded concerning 

 the resorption of grape sugar in the intestines. 



Effect of sodium nitrate on the metabolism of dogs, E. Rost {Arh. K. Gesund- 

 helt.^nmte, IS {1901), pp. 78-99; (lbs. in ZlseJir. Untersuch. Xaltr. u. Gemmmtl, 5 {1902) , 

 No. 3, pp. 121, 122). — The effects f>f large, medium, and small doses of saltpeter were 

 studied. Neither small nor large doses affected the general condition, appetite, or 



