INDEX 



215 



Mongolo-Dravidian physical type, 188 

 Mongoloid physical type, 189 

 Moore, isolation of vitamine from 



yeast, 209 

 Mullick. on the effects of underfeeding 



of students, 135 

 Mundas, diet of, 88 

 Munk, experiments on dogs, 140 

 Murlin and Kaufmann, experiments 



with gelatin, 7 



Nencki, on the amount of ammonia in 

 portal blood, 11 



Nepalese : diets of, 86 ; classes of, 184 ; 

 contrasted with their neighbours, 

 186 ; development of, 186 ; nitro- 

 genous metabolism of, 188 



Nietzsche, on the effects of a great 

 error in diet, 134 



Nitrites as bleachers of flour, effects 

 of, 47 



Nitrogen : excretion of, during muscle 

 work, 109 ; of urine not a true 

 measure of protein metabolism, 119 



Nitrogenous metabolism : level of, in 

 different classes of Bengalis, 87, 

 118 ; lower limits of, 106 ; standard 

 fixed by Chittenden, 118 ; students 

 in America, 119 ; ideal level of, 164 



Nutrition, its problem, 155 



Organic bases present in foods (vita- 

 mines), 52, 209 



Orme, characteristics of " Indians," 

 149 



Oshima, absorption of protein : of rice, 

 38 ; of pulses, 59 



Oshima, dictaiy studies : in Japan, 

 72 ; with jinricksha man, 74 



Oshima, rice not the only food of the 

 Japanese, 73 



Pampas, Indians of, 23 



" Patents," finest flour, chemical com- 

 position of, 46 



Pathan, characteristics and dietary of, 

 205 



Paton : on creatinine and diet, 17 ; 

 on the role of protein in muscle 

 work, 108 



Pators, diet of, 88 



Peptides, Fischer on their derivation, 4 



Pfliiger's views on nitrogenous meta- 

 bolism, 15 



Physique to be expected with Chit- 

 tenden's standard, 131, 178 



Pig, experimental feeding of, 143 



Potential energy, loss of, in urine and 

 faeces, 96 



Prausnitz, on the absorption of protein 

 of pulses, 59 



Precibicultural epoch in the evolution 

 of man's diet, 27 



Precibiculturists and a mixed form of 

 alimentation, 88 



Precookery, 27 



Pre-mortal rise in nitrogen excretion, 

 106 



Prison dietaries : in France, 137 ; in 

 Scotland, 136 



Protein : a nerve food, 153 ; as a source 

 of energy for muscle work, 108 ; of 

 dietaries of Bengali and Eurasian 

 students, 162 



Protein absorption of Chittenden's 

 subjects, 124 



Protein material : its importance, 1 ; 

 from animal and vegetable king- 

 doms contrasted, 8 



Protein metabolism : ideal level of, 

 164 ; of different tribes in Bengal, 87, 

 89; of jinrickshaman in Japan, 75; 

 of students in America, 119 ; of stu- 

 dents and servants in Bengal, 76; 

 Sikh, 91 ; standard recommended by 

 Chittenden, 118; lower limits of, 

 106 



Protein requirements of mankind, 96 



Protein-poor dietaries, observations 

 by different observers, 114 



Pulses : importance of, as a food in 

 India, 58 ; protein absorption, in- 

 vestigations, 59 



Pyrimidine group in the cleavage of 

 proteins, 5 



Pyrrol group, 5 



Races of the Gangetic Plain, 188 

 Rajputs : as soldiers, 183 ; classes of, 

 191 ; influence of diet on, 192 ; 

 physique of, 193 



Rations, army, caloric value of, 71 

 Recruits, rejection of, and under- 

 feeding, 123 



Renal disease in Bengal, 173, 174 

 Renal epithelium, malnutrition of, 172 

 Rice : absorption of the protein ele- 

 ment, 38 ; as the staple food of 

 parts of India, 37 ; classes of, 37 

 Rice diet : bulkiness of, 38 ; not the 

 principal food of India, 151 ; the 

 cause of effeminacy, 150 

 Richter, absorption of protein of 



pulses, 59 



Risley, the people of India, 181, 189 

 Roberts, food customs of mankind, 



importance of, 102 

 Rogers : analysis of post-mortem 

 records, 173 ; effects of diet on 

 mortality, 176 



Rosenheim, experiments on dogs, 140 

 Rowntree, effects of underfeeding, 123 

 Rubner, absorption of protein : of 



maize, 53 ; of pulses, 59 

 Rubner, margin of safety, 113 

 Russell, strength and diet, 68 



