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Bulletin No. 46.— Dietary Studies in New York City in 1895 and 1896. 

 By W. O. Atwater, Ph. D., and Chas. D. Woods, B. S. Pp. 117. 

 Price 10 cents. 



An account of twenty-one dietary studies of families living in the congested por- 

 tions of New York City, a family at a mission, and a day nursery at a mission. 

 From the results obtained some deductions are drawn concerning improvements in 

 the living of such families. 



Bulletin No. 52. — Nutrition Investigations in Pittsburg, Pa., 1894-1896. 

 B} r Isabel Bevier, Professor of Natural Science in the Pennsylvania 

 College for Women, Pittsburg. Pp. 48. Price 5 cents. 



The investigations reported in this bulletin are: (1) Six dietary studies — one of a 

 professional man's family and five of families of mechanics and day laborers; (2) the 

 composition and prices of bakers' bread in Pittsburg; and (3) the composition of 

 bread and the changes which the materials undergo in baking. 



Bulletin No. 53. — Nutrition Investigations at the University of Ten- 

 nessee in 1896 and 1897. By Chas. E. Wait, Ph. D., F. C. S., 

 Professor of Chemistry in the University of Tennessee. Pp. 46, 

 figs. 2. Price 5 cents. 



The investigations reported in this bulletin are: (1) Studies of the composition of 

 different kinds of meat, including analyses of a side of native Tennessee beef divided 

 into seventeen cuts, according to the usage of the Knoxville market, of a side of 

 native Tennessee mutton divided into six cuts, and of twenty Tennessee chickens, 

 as, purchased in the open market; (2) dietary studies, including two mechanics' fam- 

 ilies living in Knoxville, and two college clubs; and (3) twenty-one digestion experi- 

 ments with healthy men. 



Bulletin No. 54. — Nutrition Investigations in New Mexico in 1897. 

 By Arthur Goss, M. S., Professor of Chemistry, New Mexico College 

 of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. Pp. 20, pi. 1, Hg. 1. Price 5 

 cents. 



This bulletin includes an analytical study of a side of New Mexico range beef 

 which was regarded as typical. The results were compared with studies of beef 

 raised in other regions. A dietary study of a poor Mexican family was also reported. 



Bulletin No. 55. — Dietary Studies in Chicago in 1895 and 1896. Con- 

 ducted with the cooperation of Jane Addams and Caroline L. Hunt, 

 of Hull House. Reported b}^ W. O. Atwater and A. P. Bryant. 

 Pp. 76. Price 5 cents. 



In this bulletin fifty dietary studies among children, French Canadians, orthodox 

 Russian Jews, unorthodox Russian Jews, and Bohemians living in the thickly con- 

 gested district of Chicago are reported, as well as three dietary studies of professional 

 men living in comfortable circumstances. Results are discussed and compared with 

 the results of dietary studies made elsewhere. 



Bulletin No. 63. — Description of a New Respiration Calorimeter and 



Experiments on the Conservation of Energy in the Human Body. 



By W. O. Atwater, Ph. D., and E. B. Rosa, Ph. D. Pp. 91, pis. 8, 



figs. 12. Price 10 cents. 



The special features of the respiration calorimeter, which have to do with the 



measurement of the income and outgo of energy, are described. Experiments test- 



