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district of Keewatin, Northwest Territory, and had had 

 wide experience among the Eskimos. Dr. and Mrs. Melling 

 not only had a young walrus in cache for us but had turned 

 their storehouse into a laboratory and had arranged for 

 our quarters with them. 



On this subarctic expedition, besides making studies of 

 the energy-controlling systems of cold-blooded and warm- 

 blooded animals, we also made studies of the metabolism 

 of the Cree and Chippewyan Indians 1 ; and, through the 

 cooperation of Dr. Melling, we were able to make studies of 

 the metabolism of Eskimos. 



These studies of metabolism led to further inquiries into 

 the effect of varying altitudes upon the energy-controlling 

 systems of animals and the metabolism of man. Accord- 

 ingly, in 1938, an expedition to Guatemala was undertaken 

 by Dr. Quiring, Mrs. Crile and me to study the metabolism 

 of the Maya-Quiche Indian soldiers at Totonicapan, Gua- 

 temala, at an altitude of 8,100 feet and of Indian laborers 

 serving on a coffee plantation at Samayac, 800 feet above 

 the sea. 2 



For aid in these studies we are much indebted to our 

 medical colleagues Dr. Ramiro Galvez, dean of the Medical 

 School of the University of Guatemala; Dr. Mario J. 

 Wunderlich; Dr. Julio Bianchi; Dr. Mariano Lopez- 

 Herrarte; Dr. Ezequiel Soza; and, in particular, to Dr. 

 Estevez, the minister of public health, and to Mr. Antonio 

 Goubaud, who assisted us in our work. 



At Totonicapan, under the efficient organization of 

 Colonel Cipriani, every facility was placed at our dis- 

 posal, and we found the most cordial interest in the study 

 of the metabolism of the Maya-Quiche soldiers in that 

 district. 



1 CRILE, GEORGE W., and DANIEL P. QUIRING, "Indian and Eskimo Metabo- 

 lisms," Journal of Nutrition, Vol. 18, No. 4, Oct. 10, 1939. 



2 CRILE, GEORGE W., and DANIEL P. QUIRING, "A Study of the Metabolism 

 of the Maya-Quiche Indian," Journal of Nutrition, Vol. 18, No. 4, Oct. 10, 1939. 



