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THE PROTEIN ELEMENT IN NUTRITION 



Bread, "standard," advantages 



claimed, 46 

 Browne, Crichtcn : criticisms of Chit- 



tenden's views, 102 ; diets, mixed 



and vegetable, 26 

 Brunton, Sir Lauder, experiments on 



food, 67 

 Buchanan, Lt.-CoL, observations on 



physique of the Bengali, 164 

 Buckle, effects of an increasing supply 



of food, 25 



Buddhism, diet allowed, 25 

 Bulkiness of diets, effects of, 40 

 Bunge, the pessimist's view of physio- 

 logical research, 21 

 Bushmen of South Africa, diet of, 



88 



Caddy, Dr. A., life insurance in India, 

 168 



Caloric value : army rations, 71 ; 

 Indian foodstuffs, 32 ; tropical 

 dietaries, 97 



Cambridge, on the food of " Indians," 

 151 



Campbell, Dr. Harry : conclusions 

 regarding diet, 30 ; on the evolution 

 of man's diet, 26 



Carbohydrate group of cleavage of 

 proteins, 5 



Carbonaceous metabolism, an aspect 

 discussed, 97 



Caspari and Glassner, observations on 

 vegetarians, 118 



Cathcart, on crcatinine and diet, 17 



Causes of rejection for life insurance 

 in India, 170 



Chemical composition : of different 

 parts of wheat, 45 ; of different 

 types of flour, 46 



Chittenden : criticism of his observa- 

 tions on students, 118 ; criticism of 

 his observations on his three groups 

 of subjects, 132 ; experiments on 

 six laboratory assistants, 83 ; ex- 

 periments on six dogs, 140 ; experi- 

 ments on six dogs criticized, 141 ; 

 importance of his work on nutrition, 

 68 ; on Folin's view of the signifi- 

 cance of creatinine, 20 ; on the 

 dietaries of Bengalis, 81, 178 ; on 

 the dietetic customs of mankind, 

 101 ; on his own metabolism, 114 ; 

 standard of nitrogenous metabo- 

 lism, 118 ; standard of students' 

 metabolism, 118 ; studies with three 

 groups of subjects, 116 ; standard 

 of nutrition exemplified in the 

 Bengali, 77 



Church, on the digestibility of the 

 protein of pulses, 61 



Cibicultural epoch in the evolution of 

 diet, 27 



Coefficient : of absorption of Indian 



foods, 65 ; of protein absorption, 



low, in certain foods, 56 

 Conqusring races all high protein 



feeders, 140 

 Conservation of energy, law of, applied 



to Chittenden's experiments, 115 

 Convict prisons of England, diets of, 



135 

 Cooking, effects of, on digestibility of 



pulses, 61 

 Cows, effects of feeding on diets low 



in protein, 142 

 Cramer and Krause, effects of thyroid 



feeding on creatinine excretion, 19 

 Creatinine-nitrogen and diet dis- 

 cussed, 15, 103 

 Crichton - Browne, on the effects of 



diets poor in protein, 133 

 Cultivators, Bengal, diet of, 78 



Dais : chemical composition of, 57 ; 

 different forms in use, 57 ; how used 

 as food, 58 ; importance of, as a 

 source of nitrogen, 58 

 Deficient protein, effects of, 144 

 Demerits of diets poor in protein, 145 

 Denitrifying action of intracellular 



enzymes, 6 

 Determining influence of diet on 



Bengalis, 181 

 Diamido-acids, 5 



Diet : of the Sikh, 90 ; of prisons of 

 England, effects of, 136 ; poor in 

 protein, effects of, 113 

 Dietary standards, 68 

 Dietary studies in Bengal : students 

 and servants, 76; professional class, 

 78 ; all classes, 78 ; students in resi- 

 dence, 80; hill-tribes, 86; aborigi- 

 nal tribes, 88; infants' diet, 92 

 Dietary studies : in Europe and 

 America, 70 ; in India, fighting 

 castes, 89 



Dietetic customs : of mankind, Chit- 

 tenden on, 101 ; of fighting castes, 

 184 



Digestibility of different foods, 33 

 Disease and underfeeding, 133 

 Dogras : as soldiers, 183, 198 ; char- 

 acteristics of, 194 ; effects of diet on, 

 195 ; physical development of, 193 

 Dogs, experimental feeding of, 140 

 Dorner, on creatinine and diet, 17 

 Dynamic effects of a high protein diet, 

 123 



Economy of Chittonden's standard in 



India, 153 

 Effects of diet on the fighting races 



of the Punjab, 201, 204, 207 

 Effects of low protein metabolism : on 



the Bengali, 178 ; on animals, 144 



