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CHAPTER VIII. THE EFFECTS OF THE LEVEL OF PROTEIN 

 METABOLISM ON THE PHYSIQUE AND GENERAL 

 EFFICIENCY OF DIFFERENT TROPICAL TRIBES AND 

 RACES Continued pAQEg 



The evidence afforded by a study of the races of the Gangetic Plain - 188 



The different physical types - - 189 



Rajputs : Eastern and Western - - 191 



Western, superior as soldiers - - 192 



Effects of differences in diet - 192 



Physical development of Rajputs - - 193 



Dogras : Rajput Highlanders - 193 



Growth of caste system - 193 



Characteristics of the Dogras - - 194 



Effects of diet on physique - 195 



Diet and foodstuffs of Dogras - 195 



Different classes of Dogras : Effects of diet on : 



(a) Dogra Brahmins - 196 

 (6) Dogra Rajput : 



i. Mian Rajput - - 196 



ii. Rana and Thakur classes - 197 



iii. Rajputs of the Plains - - 197 



iv. Lower classes of Dogras - 197 



Summary of available information on the effects of 



differences in diet - - 197 



Diet and physique of Dogra recruits - - 198 



Jats : Eastern and Western Jats - - 199 



Differences in diet and religion - 199 



The Jat Sikh : His diet - - - 200 



His physique - - 201 



Summary of evidence collected - - 201 



The Sikh : Characteristics - - 202 



Effects of Sikhism - - 203 



Effects of diet - - - - - 204 



Physical development - - 204 



Summary and conclusions - - 205 



The Pathan : His food - 205 



Characteristics - 205 



Physique - 205 



Summary of the importance of a high level of 



protein metabolism - - 206 

 Other Indian frontier tribes illustrate the importance of 

 protein, such as the Afridis, Waziris, Bajouris, Baluchis, 



and many others - 206 

 Further evidence afforded by the investigations of the Com- 

 mittee on the physiological effects of food, 



training, and clothing on the soldier - 207 



Lieut.-Colonel Melville's opinion - 207 

 Aron's experiments on the effects of a restricted diet 



on growing dogs .... 208 



His conclusions - - - - - 208 

 Their close correspondence with the conditions 

 that obtain in the rice-eating Bengali and 



Ooriya - - - 208 

 The influence of certain substances, present in the food in small 



quantities, on nutrition - - 208 



Hill and Flack's researches - 209 



Funk's isolation of beri-beri vitamine - - 209 

 Experiments to show that the absence of these bodies from the 



food will not explain the poor physique of the Bengali - 210 



Points raised, discussed - - 210 



INDEX - - - - - - - - - 211 



