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445 were found to be adulterated, misbranded, or illegally sold, and also the 

 analysis of 278 samples of feeding stuffs. The report of the drug analyst, 

 A. R. Todd, presents the results of the examination of 558 samples of drugs, 

 of which 134 were found to be adulterated. The work of the division of 

 weights and measures is reported in detail. The publication also contains 

 general information relating to pure-food topics and gives results of the in- 

 spection of dairies, creameries, cheese factories, city-milk depots, etc. A state- 

 ment of prosecutions made during the fiscal year, the results of court pro- 

 ceedings brought, and reprints of the state food and drug laws and court de- 

 cisions relative thereto are included. 



Fifteenth biennial report of the Minnesota State Dairy and Food Commis- 

 sioner, J. G. WiNKJER {Bien. Rpt. Minn. State Dairy and Food Comr., 15 

 {19 13-1 Jf), pp. 89, figs. 10). — The work of the commission for the biennial period 

 ended July 31, 1914, is reviewed. The report of the state chemist, J. Hortvet, 

 gives the results of the analysis of 4,181 samples of miscellaneous foods, bev- 

 erages, paints, oils, etc., of which 1,885 were found to be illegal. 



The lunch room, P. Richards (Chicago: The Hotel Monthly, 1916, 2. ed., rev. 

 and enl., pp. 239, pi. 1, figs. 117). — This publication contains information on 

 plans, equipment, management, accounting, food and drink sales, and bills of 

 fare, and gives recipes. 



Feeding of prisoners of war in Germany, Friedkich (Jour. Roy. Army Med. 

 Corps, 24 {1915), No. 4, pp. 387-394) .—This article is a translation of an official 

 German order for feeding prisoners of war. Classified information is given 

 regarding the management of camps and the regulation of supplies, including 

 standardized menus for feeding the men. 



The biochemical analysis of nutrition, C. L. Axsberg {Jour. Wash. Acad. 

 ScL, 6 {1916), No. 10, pp. 269-280). — This lecture discusses some of the recent 

 contributions to the knowledge of the component parts of the food elements 

 and their fate in metabolism, especially the investigations of the role of the 

 amino acids in nutrition. 



Experiments on the effects of a limited diet, VII-IX, S. Baglioni (Atti 

 R. Accad. Lincei, Rend. CI. Sci. Fis., Mat. e Nat., 5. ser., 24 {1915), I, No. 11, 

 pp. 1158-1163; II, Nos. 4, pp. 213-220; 5, pp. 254-259) .—Three papers are 

 included, continuing previous work (E. S. R., 31, p. 264). 



Reporting studies of the comparative nutritive value of wheat flour, corn 

 flour, and egg powder, feeding experiments with laboratory animals (white 

 rats) are described, in which a standard basal ration was supplemented in 

 turn by egg powder, wheat flour, and corn flour. The rats receiving egg powder 

 exhibited a marked increase in body weight, while those receiving wheat 

 or corn flour failed to show similar development. 



The author concludes that the nutritive value of the protein in corn and 

 wheat is inferior to that of the protein in egg powder. It is noted, however, 

 that the nutritive value of zein or gliadin alone is less than that of the whole 

 grain protein. 



In studies of the modifications of the metabolism of guinea pigs by exclusive 

 feeding of corn, wheat, or green plants, feeding experiments with guinea pigs 

 which received an exclusive diet of these substances, with the addition of 

 water, are reported. In most cases the animals died, though some survived 

 on the ration of green plants and water. The results indicate, in the author's 

 opinion, that the animals died of acidosis produced by a lack of basic salts in 

 the ration. 



The rectal and intravenous utilization of grape sugar, G. Bergmark 

 (Skand. Arch. Physiol., 32 {1915), No. 4-6, pp. 355-404, figs. 36).— Experimental 



