INDEX 



ABDERHALDEN, experiments on horse, I 

 8 



Aboriginal tribes, 24, 28, 89 



Absorbability of foods, 33; Hutch- | 

 ison's table of, 34 ; Langworthy's j 

 groups, 35 



Absorbability : of fruits, Jaffa, 35 ; of j 

 protein of rice, 38 ; of tropical food- 

 stuffs, 36 



Absorption of constituents of differ- 

 ent breads, 50 



Absorption of protein: arhardal, 66; of 

 bajra, 55 ; of barley, 55 ; of Chitten- 

 den's subjects, 124 ; of juar, 55 ; of 

 pulses, 59 ; of pulses, effects of bulk 

 on, 64 ; of tropical foods, 65 ; uni- 

 form from identical diets, 126 



Acid intoxication and acidosis, 12 



Acids, monamido and diamido, 5 



Afridis, characteristics of, 206 



Ainus, 28 



Albuminuria in Bengalis, 172 



Amino-acids, 2 



Ammonia : in portal vein, 6 ; impor- 

 tance of, in acidosis, 12 ; Schryver's 

 views on, 13 



Analysis of Indian foods, 32 



Andamanese, 28 



Aneurism rare in Hindus, 176 



Anglo-Indian and Eurasian students : 

 as athletes, 138 ; diets of, 161, 171 ; 

 effects of diet, 162, 171 



Army rations : caloric value of, 71 ; 

 protein content and heat value of, 

 74 



Aron : influence of a restricted diet on 

 dogs, 208 ; protein absorption of 

 rice, 38 



Aryo-Dravidian physical type, 190 



At water and Bryant, composition of 

 foods, 31 



At water, standards of dietaries, 71 



Bajouris, characteristics of, 206 

 Bajra : chemical composition of, 55 ; 



protein absorption of, 55 

 Baluchi's, characteristics of, 206 



Barley : chemical composition of, 54 ; 

 protein absorption of, 55 



Bedouins in Arabia, meat diet, 88 



Benedict : caloric value of Indian 

 foods, 33 ; diets of low caloric value, 

 116 ; criticism of protein absorption 

 of Chittenden's subjects, 124 ; ex- 

 planation of non -uniformity of 

 protein absorption, 125 ; effects of 

 diets deficient in protein, 139 ; ex- 

 periments on energy requirements, 

 146 ; needs of the body for food, 69 ; 

 requirements of different classes , 70 



Bengal infant, average weight of, 94 



Bengal mother's milk : composition 

 of, 92 ; amount secreted, 92 



Bengal students and servants, 76 ; 

 contrasted with Japanese, 77 ; and 

 Chittenden's standard, 77 



Bengal students : diet at college, 161 ; 

 physical development of, 160, 162 ; 

 as athletes, 139 



Bengali : capacity for work, 166 ; 

 characteristics in underfeeding, 175 ; 

 classes contrasted, 181 ; diet of, 

 Chittenden's misconception, 81 ; 

 diet of, not ill-balanced, 82 ; de- 

 ficiency in body fat, 98 ; deficiency 

 in haemoglobin, 158 ; chemical com- 

 position of blood, 157 ; chemical 

 composition of urine, 156 ; blood- 

 pressure of, 157 ; effects of under- 

 feeding on, 159 ; physical develop- 

 ment of, 164 ; physical endurance 

 of, 165 ; life expectation in, 167 ; 

 life insurance amongst, 168 ; protein 

 metabolism of, 157 ; renal disease 

 in, 172, 174 ; resisting powers to 

 disease. 171 ; resistance of acute 

 infections, 172, 174 ; not a soldier, 

 183 



Bhutia : classes of, 184 ; development 

 of, 185 ; protein metabolism of, 187 ; 

 Sikhim, diet of, 86, 187 ; Tibetan, 

 diet of, 86, 187 



Bleaching of flour, 47 



Brahmin proverb, 154 



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