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The author points oul thai some of the more recenl and popular vegetarian foods 

 imitate meal foodsquite closely in flavorand thai this is a matter of importance from a 

 physiological standpoint. "An instinctive craving for the normal stimulant- to 

 digestion is thereby satisfied. A bland diel is distinctly unphysiologic, and the 

 explanation of this fad is no longer to !>«■ Boughl by empiric methods alone." 



Many persons believe thai a diet of vegetable mods with milk and eggs is espe- 

 cially valuable since it furnishes a minimum of purin bodies. The author considers 

 it probable thai the success attending the adoption of purin-free dietaries is attribut- 

 able as much to the abstemiousness which they induce as to the absence of the 

 Bo-called uric acid precursors and is of the opinion thai no one would maintain that 



the actual nutrient- of cereals, fruits, or nuts are of themselves more nutritious than 



t nose derived from animal sources. 



"Vegetarianism undoubtedly lias its place in ameliorating various functional dis- 

 orders, withoul laying claim to any mysterious properties. . . . [n the field of die- 

 tetic therapy, radical changes of diel frequently suppl} essential factors, or eliminate 



deleterious ones in mOSl Welcome and unSUS] -ected ways. I'.ut t he e\d u.-i \ e -\ stem 



bas in i adequate justification." 



Climate and health in hot countries, <h M. Giles | London: John Bale, Sonsdc 

 Danielsson, Ltd., 1904, pt. l,pp. ^ - v 184, pis. 2, figs. 16). — This is a popular treatise 

 on personal hygiene in the hotter parts of the globe and related questions, useful 

 information gained by personal experience being summarized. There are chapters 

 on domestic architecture, clothing, water, food, insect pests as a means of transmit- 

 ting disease, etc. 



Greal stress is laid upon the importance of a clean milk supply and the necessity 

 of caring for cattle and handling milk in a sanitary way. 



Boiling water for drinking, for culinary, and for toilet purposes i< recommended 

 as the most satisfactory way of preventing the transmission of disease by this chan- 

 nel. Thorough cooking of foods for purposes of sterilization is recommended, and 

 the need of protection from Hies and other insects and from dust is insisted upon. 



The second part of the volume, which is devoted to tropical climatology, etc., is 

 reviewed under another heading (p. 939). 



The provisioning- of the modern army in the field, II. (i. Sharpe Kansas 

 City, Mo.: Franklin Hudson Pub. Co.', 1905, pp. 116, pis. /#).— The organization and 

 operation of the commissary department, transportation problems with reference to 

 food supplies, utilization of local resources, and other questions concerning the pro- 

 visioning of armies in active service are discussed, the author's object being to give 

 an idea of the difficulties which attend the provisioning of troops in the field with 

 the hope that measures may be devised for improvement-. The volume contains a 

 bibliography. 



Field cookery, M. Ringelmann {Jour. Agr. Prat, n. ser., 10(1905), No.50, pp. 

 755-758, figs. 6). — Differenl devices for use in field eookety are described with special 

 reference to their use in providing food for large bodies of laborers, etc. Some data 

 are also summarized regarding the efficiency of different kinds of fuel. 



Self-cooker, (i. II. Mrumv [Mo. Consular and Tradi Ttpts. [ U. &'.], 1905, No. 

 pp. .'};. ?48). Data are quoted regarding the value of a self-cooker and the efforts 

 which are being made in Germany to introduce such devices into workingmen's 



homes. 



The digestibility of evaporated cream, T. Mojonnieb Med. News [Phila.], 87 

 {1905), pp. 87"i 884). — When treated with artificial gastric juice the author found 

 that protein of evaporated cream digested a little more rapidly than that of raw, 

 pasteurized, or boiled milk. From digestion experiments with a child and a man it 

 appeared that the child digested evaporated cream a little more thoroughly than the 

 adult. Evaporated cream, the author concludes, like other forms of pure milk, is an 



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