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quate amounts of protein and fat in the diets of children is emphasized, together 

 with the need of cooperation of the school with the home to secure the proper 

 nourishment of children between the ages of 13 and 18 years. 



Suggestions are given for the preparation and serving of school dinners. 

 * Malnutrition in school children — a clinical report, B. I. Wyatt (Chicago 

 Med. Recorder, 35 (1913), 2Vo. 5, pp. 2S2, 2S3, fig. i).— The 24 children, on an 

 average 12 years old, selected for the test, were anemics, pretuberculous, and. in 

 general, those suffering from various forms of malnutrition, who had been under 

 observation for some time and had been given additional food, fresh air, exer- 

 cise, rest, etc. 



During the test they were given 12 gin. of an iron albumate in their food each 

 day. Some showed a gain in weight and others did not, but a marked increase 

 in the amount of hemoglobin in the blood was noticed during the period in which 

 the iron albumate was given. 



Report of Missouri Home-Makers' Conference Association, 1913 (Missouri 

 Bd. Agr. Mo. Bui, 11 (1913), No. 3, pp. 130, figs. 40).— Among the papers pre- 

 sented at this meeting were the following : The Feeding of Children, by Amy L. 

 Daniels, which gives menus for 7 days arranged to accord with dietary stand- 

 ards for children of different ages; Hot Lunches in Rural Schools, by Mrs. 

 Fannie Quick; School Sanitation, by Louise Stanley; Farm Home Management, 

 by O. R. Johnson; Farm Home Management, by Mrs. J. E. Hall; and Self-Rising 

 Bread, by Winona Woodward. 



Proceedings of the Middle Tennessee Home-Makers' Association, December 

 5-7, 1911 (Proc. 21iddle Tenn. Farmers Inst., 10 (1911). pp. 121-159; in Tenn. 

 Bieti. Rpt. Dept. Agr. 1911-12). — This report contains the proceedings and papers 

 presented, among others the following: Household Efficiency, by Catharine A. 

 Mulligan; Home Conveniences, by Mrs. J. T. Stratton; How to Make the 

 Farmer's Home More Comfortable, by Mrs. R. W. Nichol ; and The Rural School, 

 the Social Center of Country Life, by Mrs. G. Williams. 



Proceedings of the Middle Tennessee Home-Makers' Association, December 

 3-5, 1912 (Tenn. Agr., 1 (1913), No. 9, pp. 487-509, figs. 3; in Tenn. Bien. Rpt. 

 Dept. Agr. 1911-12). — The proceedings and papers presented included, among 

 others, the following: Cooperation Between City and Country Women, by Mrs. 



A. B. Cooke; The Care of Children in the Home, by Mrs. T. G. Settle; and 

 School Lunches, by Delia Stroud. 



On the absorption of nitrogenous products — a reply to Abderhalden and 

 Lampe, O. Folin and W. Denis (Jour. Biol. Chem., i// (1913), No. 5, pp. 453- 

 455). — A controversial article. 



On the tyrosin content of proteins — a reply to Abderhalden and Puchs, 

 O. FoLiN and W. Denis (Jour. Biol. Chem., 14 (1913). No. 5, pp. 457, 458).— A 

 controversial article. 



Contribution to the question of the mechanism of the action of fats as 

 excitors of pancreatic secretion, B. P. Babkin and H. Ishikawa (PflUger's 

 Arch. Physiol., 147 (1912), No. 6-7, pp. 2 SS-3 3 4). —From the large amount of 

 experimental data presented in this article, the conclusion is drawn that pan- 

 creatic secretion is excited by the action, through nervous influence, of the soaps 

 and fatty acids resulting from the decomposition of the neutral fat by the 

 gastric juices. 



Contribution to the question of the periodic work of the digestive tract, 



B. P. Babkin and H. Ishikawa (Pfliiger's Arch. Physiol., 147 (1912), No. 6-7, 

 pp. 335-^348). — The experimental work reported shows that the iieriodic work 

 of the digestive tract takes place not only when the stomach and duodenum .-ire 

 empty but also if a small quantity of neutral fat or its decomposition products 

 are introduced into the duodenum. 



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