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animal foods.- A very extensive biblio{n*aphy is appended containing almost 

 entirely German and French references. 



Some physiolog'ic and biochemic observations on milk, W. T. Cabstabphen 

 (Va. Med. Semi-Mo., 20 {1915), No. 13, pp. 319-326).— This article is a summary 

 and digest of recent experimental data regarding the nutritive value of milk. 

 The work reviewed has to do chiefly with the lime, iron, and phosphorus content 

 of milk. A bibliography is appended. 



Action of heat upon cane sugar dissolved in cow's milk, P. La\talle 

 (Clin. Infant, 12 (19i4), No. 6, pp. 167-169; abs. in Ztschr. Kinderheilk., Ref., 

 8 il91Jf), No. 8, p. 123). — Cane sugar added to cows' milk was partially de- 

 composed during the sterilization of the milk. The addition of lactic acid to the 

 milk before sterilization increased the amount of inversion, indicating that the 

 degree of decomposition depended upon the amount of lactic acid formed in the 

 milk before sterilization. 



Different kinds of sugar in the diet of children, A. Gismondi (Pediatria 

 [Naples], 22 {19U), No. If, pp. 241-25^; abs. in Ztschr. Kinderheilk., Ref., 8 

 (1914), No. 6, p. 282). — In the opinion of the author, cane, malt, and milk 

 sugars are of unequal value in the nutrition of children, each having useful and 

 harmful actions. He regards a mixture of the three sugars consisting of 40 per 

 cent lactose, 40 per cent saccharose, and 20 per cent maltose as the most suitable 

 for addition to artificial diets. 



Beans and similar vegetables as food, Lucile Breweb and Helen Canon 

 (Cornell Reading Courses, 4 (1915), No. 89, pp. 181-200, figs. 12). — This pamphlet 

 contains information regarding the nutritive value, digestibility, and relative 

 cost of legumes as food. Cooking hints and several recipes are also given, and 

 a short bibliography concludes the publication. 



Dropsy and anemia on exclusive potato diet, O. Strauss (Med. Klinik, 11 

 (1915), No. 31, pp. 854-856: abs. in Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc., 65 (1915), No. 12, 

 p. 1063). — The author reports a clinical study of a number of cases of disease 

 observed in Poland among people who had subsisted upon practically nothing but 

 potatoes for several months. The symptoms, which suggested heart disease and 

 dropsy, disappeared with the provision of better nourishment and improved 

 hygienic surroundings. These observations indicate, in the opinion of the 

 author, that a one-sided potato diet is unable to protect against the dangers of 

 inanition. 



The significance of solanin as a potato poison, Droste (Pharm. Zentralhallc, 

 65 (1915), No. 26. pp. 311, 312). — A summary and digest of exi^rimental data 

 from which the author concludes that the amount of .solanin developed in potatoes 

 under ordinary conditions is never sufficient to produce potato poisoning. When 

 solanin is present about 70 per cent is found in the parings. It is the author's 

 opinion that the action of yeast and bacteria in potatoes is responsible for 

 so-called " potato poisoning." 



The use of hay flour in the nutrition of animals and men, F. Oetken 

 (IViDU'?" Londic. Zig., 65 (1915), No. 42. p. 338). — .Vnalytical data are given com- 

 paring the percentages of digestible nutrients obtained from barley, wheat, and 

 rye flour; oat and rye straw; and alfalfa and red clover hay. 



Lichens as a food for animals and man, F. Tobler (Naturwissenschaften, S 

 (1915), No. 28, pp. 365-^367). — A summary and digest of data regarding the 

 preparation and possible uses of lichens for food piirposes. 



Investigations of yeast as a food, M. Schottei.u-s (Dcut. Med. Wchn-schr., 

 41 (1915). No. 28. pp. sn-819). — The author reports a series of feeding ex- 

 periments with nine normal men, who were given increasing amount^; of yeast 

 in a simple mixed diet. The subjects receiving the yeast were well nourished 



