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Liebig Company's extract of meat {Scl. Siftmg.% 17 {1900), No. 343, p. 230).~ 

 The food value of this meat extract is discussed and an analysis reported. 



Indian edible oils, W. E. Dunstan {Agr. Ledger, 1899, No. 12, Veg. Prod. .ser. No. 

 52, pp. 1-34). — A report on the chemical and physical examination of a large num- 

 ber of vegetable oils used for culinary purposes in India. 



State of Michigan Dairy and Food Department Bulletin 55 {pp. 27). — This 

 bulletin contains a discussion of process butter, an article entitled "Method for the 

 detection of process or renovated butter" by W. H. Hess and R. E. Doolittle, a 

 report of the inspections made by the department, a report by the department 

 chemist of the examination of a number of samples of butter, cinnamon, flavoring 

 extracts, ginger, jelly, fruit butter, molasses, mustard, pepper, sirup, and vinegar. 

 An abstract of the Micliigan pure-food laws and a number of court decisions under 

 them are also given. 



State of Micliigan Dairy and Food Department Bulletin 56 {jyp. IS). — This 

 bulletin discusses the work of the dairy and food department, reports legal proceed- 

 ings, dairy inspections, analyses of samples of beans, buckwheat flour, butter, flavor- 

 ing extracts, ginger, honey, jelly, mustard, peas, pepper, rice, sugar, and wine. The 

 Michigan food laws are noted, together with a digest and rulings. 



Character and extent of food and drug adulteration in Massachusetts, 

 and the system of inspection of the State board of health, A. E. Leach ( Teclt. 

 Quart., IS {1900), No. 1, pp. S2-40, figs. 2, pis. 3). — A paper read before the Boston 

 Society of Arts, December, 1899, describing the common forms of adulteration and 

 the methods followed in combating adulteration and sophistication of food and 

 drugs. 



Bacteriology applied to the canning and preserving of food products, E. W. 

 DucKWALL {Baltimore: The Trade, 1899, pp. 112, figs. 24). — The major portion of this 

 publication treats of the nature and character of bacteria, including pathogenic spe- 

 cies, methods of propagating, kinds commonly found in decomposing fruits and vege- 

 tables, methods of studying bacteria, summary of the characteristics of the various 

 organisms found in food products, and the scientific principles involved in canning 

 and preserving. 



Chapters are also given on antiseptics and germicides, history of canning, methods 

 of canning corn, peas, tomatoes, tomato i^roducts, oysters, meats and tish in general, 

 pickles, kraut, and soup. Some results of sterilizing experiments are included in 

 the work and a chapter given on sterilization in canning. 



The food rations in Ladysmith, J. C. Dunlop {British Med. Jour., 1900, No. 

 2046, pp. 6G7, 668). — The food value of the rations issued to the soldiers and other 

 inhabitants of Ladysmith during the latter part of the recent siege is calculated to be 

 73.4 gm. protein and 1,527 calories per man per day. 



The feeding of prisoners, F. Hirschpeld {Ztschr. Bidtet. u. Phys. Ther., 4 

 {1900-1901), No. 1, pp. 37-53). — The dietary in a Berlin prison was studied, and in 

 addition 4 nitrogen metabolism exi:)eriments were made. 



Concerning the metabolism of a vegetarian, T. Rumpp and 0. Schumm {Ztschr. 

 Biol, 39 {1899), No. 1, pp. 153-158) .—Th^ subject of this investigation was a strict 

 vegetarian. During his youth he had eaten eggs, butter, milk, and cheese, but since 

 his eighteenth year vegetable food only. His parents were also vegetarians. During 

 8 days the amount of food consumed was recorded and the urine and feces were 

 analyzed. The food consisted of Graham bread, aj^ples, dates, Quaker oats, rice, 

 sugar, and walnuts. The diet furnished 73.88 gm. of protein, 28.64 gm. of fat, 698.21 

 gm. of carbohydrates, and 3,431.92 calories. The daily income of nitrogen was 11.82 

 gm. ; 6.91 gm. was excreted in the urine and 4.01 gm. in the feces. There was, there- 

 fore, on an average, a gain of 0.9 gm. per day. The food contained 28.64 gm. of fat, 

 and the feces 7.58. The subject weighed 62.5 kg. at the beginning, and gained 1.7 



