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reported. These indicate, in tlie authior's opinion, tliat there is a waste of from 

 8 to 27.8 per cent of sugar in ordinary baking practice. 



Some efEects of storage on coffee, R. E. Doolittle and B, B. Wright {Amer. 

 Jour. Pharm., 81 (1915), No. 11, pp. 524-526) .—The authors report the results 

 of an investigation of the effect of storage on the weight of freshlj^ roasted 

 coffee handled under ordinary commercial conditions. An increase in weight 

 was observed in all samples and at all times during a period of 60 weeks. 



Manual of the laws relating to the public health (Boston: Wright d Potter 

 Print ing Co., 1915, pp. XIV -{-260). —In this manual, compiled by the Massa- 

 chusetts State Department of Health, are included the state laws relating to 

 foods and drugs. 



The food and dnigs act (U. S. Dept. Agr., Office Solicitor Circ. 85 (1916), 

 pp. 6). — This circular contains the text of a decision of the Supreme Court of 

 the United States in proceedings instituted under section 10 of the Food and 

 Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, as amended by the act of August 23, 1912, which 

 has to do with misbranding as to the curative or therapeutic effect of drugs. 



Sixteenth annual report on food adulteration under the pure food law, 

 W. M. AiLEN, E. W. Thornton, and C. E. Bell (Bui. N. C. Dept. Agr., 36 

 (1915), No. 12, pp. 112). — The work of the department carried on under the 

 state food law during the year 1915 is reported. Definitions and standards are 

 given, together with the results of the examination of 1,292 samples of foods 

 and beverages. 



[Food and drug inspection and pure food and other topics], E. F. Ladd 

 and Alma K. Johnson (North Dakota Sta. Spec. BuL, 3 (1915), No. 23, pp. 

 393-408; 4 (1916), No. 1, pp. 32). — Both of these numbers contain data regard- 

 ing the examination of a number of samples of miscellaneous food products, 

 drugs, and patent medicines, as well as results of the sanitary inspection of a 

 large number of grocery stores and other places where foods are prepared and 

 sold. The first also includes the results of analyses of a number of cereal foods 

 by R. O. Baird, the weights (claimed and found), and prices paid, and analyses 

 of a number of solutions of soap and liquid soap preparations by C. P. Guthrie 

 and R. Hulbert. The second publication gives information regarding the total 

 solids and acidity of oranges and grapefruit, and includes a note by C. P. Guth- 

 rie on the effect of the presence of glycerin in alcoholic determinations of 

 beverages. 



The diet of the Swiss workingman, A. Gigon (Die Arheiterkost nach Unter- 

 sttchungen iiber die Ernahrung Basler Arbeiter bei freigewdhlter Kost. Berlin: 

 Julius Sprvnger, 1914, pp. 54). — The author describes dietary studies carried out 

 in Basel with eight normal subjects from 18 to 50 years of age, who were 

 engaged in different occupations (masonry, tailoring, shoemaking, and farm- 

 ing). The experimental periods were of seven to nine days' duration, and the 

 working day was from eight to ten hours long. The diet was unrestricted both 

 as regards kind and quantity of food eaten. 



The average amounts of food eaten furnished 106.7 gm. of protein, 94.2 gm. of 

 fat, and 450 gm. of carbohydrate, supplyii^^ 3.157.6 calories of energy daily. 

 A table is given which shows the average composition and energy value of diets 

 in several different countries as found by dietary studies of a number of investi- 

 gators. A bibliography is appended. 



The school luncheon, Ava B. Milam, Anna M. Tueley, and Helen Cowgill 

 (Oregon Agr. Col. Bui. 222 (1916), pp. 24, figs. 2).— This bulletin considers the 

 school-lunch problem from the standpoint of the housewife or mother, the 

 teacher of the rural school, and the teacher of the city or town school. Sugges- 

 tions on the selection and preparation of the food, as well as a number of 

 recipes, are given. 



