of the University of Pennsylvania. 11 



ii. 



AN EXAMINATION OF THE FAECES OF 

 TWENTY PERSONS RECEIVING INUNC- 

 TIONS OF COD-LIVER OIL. 



IN a study of the fseces of starch-fed infants 1 one 

 of us observed a specimen in which there was present 

 a very notable amount of oil-globules. Upon in- 

 quiry, it was found that the child in question had 

 been receiving inunctions of cod-liver oil. 



The same coincidence was a second time noted, 

 and the following series of experiments was then 

 instituted. 



The faeces of fourteen infants, in fairly average 

 health, were examined with negative results as far 

 as oil was concerned, except in one case. 



These infants were then thoroughly rubbed with 

 cod-liver oil twice daily for eleven days, care being 

 taken to cleanse the surface of the body after each 



1 Randolph : Transactions of the College of Physicians of 

 Philadelphia, 3d series, vol. vi. p. 443. 



