SUBJECT INDEX 



555 



Basal diets. See methods of testing for 



individual vitamins 

 Basic lead acetate, 28. See also Vita- 

 min B, concentration of 

 Beans, 15, 24, 56, 73, 92, 93, 95, 178, 

 199, 202, 203, 205, 206, 245-246, 

 268, 269, 337, 452, 528 

 dried, 401 



germinated, Vitamin C value of, 202 

 haricot, 95 

 mung, 414 

 red kidney, 356 

 soy, 92, 95 

 string, 93, 178, 199, 205, 206, 245-246, 



268 

 velvet, 513 

 vi^hite, 454 

 Beef, 86, 87, 119, 120, 130, 138, 139, 207, 

 270, 385, 402, 422, 460 

 extract, 139, 422 

 fat, 17, 253, 271 

 Beer, 158, 409, 493. 503 

 Beets, 93, 269, 493 



Behavior of vitamins upon heating at 

 different hydrogen-ion concentra- 

 tions. See description of indi- 

 vidual Vitamins 

 Benedict's alkaline copper reagent, 234 

 Benedict test, 46 

 Benzene, 31, 345, 526 

 alcohol-water mixture, 113 

 as solvent for ergosterol, 312 

 as solvent for vitamins. See descrip- 

 tion of individual Vitamins 

 effect on Vitamin D, 305 

 Benzoic acid, 62, 108 

 Benzoyl chloride, 42 



substituted, 237 

 Benzoylation, 237 



Beriberi, 14, 15, 16, 20, 24, 25, 81, 85, 

 162, 354, 355, 356, 358, 368, 369, 

 370, 379, 393, 394, 395, 397, 398, 

 399, 405, 406, 407, 413, 414, 421, 

 424, 426, 428, 435, 440, 441, 442, 

 446, 448, 451, 456, 458, 468, 469, 

 471, 480, 491, 492, 495, 496, 497, 

 500, 505, 508, 510, 513, 514, 516, 

 519, 520, 522, 523, 526, 529 

 compared with inanition, 77 

 dry, 81 

 eradication from Philippine Scouts, 



26 

 in British troops in Mesopotamia, 179 

 in Japanese navy, 25 

 prevention of, 14-17 

 relationship to other deficiency dis- 

 eases, 148, 149 

 wet, 81 

 "Beriberi vitamine," 26. See also Vita- 

 min B 

 Berkfeld candle, 183 

 Berries, 149, 189 



^-hydroxypyridine, 34, 37 

 /3-methylpyridine, 37 

 Betaine, 32, 36, 128 



ring, 34 

 Bile, vitamins in, 467 

 Biological assays. See Feeding methods 

 methods. See Feeding methods ; see 

 also under each Vitamin 

 Bios, 22, 95, 127, 386, 430, 437, 449, 455, 



462, 468. 478, 515, 526 

 Biosterin, 235-238, 431, 468, 515 

 Biosterol, 234-238 

 Birds, polished rice disease in, 470 

 Bismuth iodide, 43 

 potassium iodide, 35, 36. See also 

 Vitamin B, concentration of 

 Bisulfite, 234 



Black-tongue, 119, 380, 402, 524 

 Bladder, 163 

 stones, experimental production of 

 451 

 Blood, 81, 86, 142, 143, 145, 207, 271, 

 281, 297, 321, 322, 373, 377, 394, 

 399, 416, 446, 497, 502, 506, 510, 

 513, 516, 51/, 524 

 composition of, in rickets, 321, 322 

 composition of, in Vitamin B de- 

 ficiency, 81 

 phosphate, 416 

 plasma, 420 

 platelets, 359, 376, 393 

 serum of, in rickets, 297 

 sugar, 388 

 ureal, 364 

 Body stores of vitamins, 130-131, 134. 

 See also Vitamin A ; Vitamin B ; 

 Vitamin C ; Vitamin D ; Vitamin 

 E ; Vitamin G 

 vitamin A in, 270 

 "Bondols," 43 



Bone, 354, 367, 378, 384, 425, 427, 436, 

 442, 443, 477, 478, 497, 499, 500, 

 501, 517, 518, 527 

 ash, 384 



calcification, 425, 436 

 changes. See Rickets and Scurvy 

 composition, in measurement of vita- 

 min D, 323 

 decalcification, 427 

 development, 367, 378, 478 _ 

 lesions, need for antiscorbutic vitamin 



in cure of, 167 

 marrow, 163, 164, 166, 394, 431 

 Boron, 216 

 Bottom yeast, 57 

 Bourquin method for measurement of 



vitamin G values, 133-135 

 Bowel function, derangement of, in de- 

 ficiency disease. See Vitamin B, 

 deficiency of; Vitamin C, de- 

 ficiency of 

 Brain, 28, 70, 86, 146, 475 



