AND ITS RELATION TO ANIMAL LIFE III 



should have a specific effect in the aetiology 

 of a chronic disease is a priori quite within 

 the bounds of possibility. The views of many 

 of the older authors would not be misrepre- 

 sented by stating that they claimed for diet 

 only a direct effect in the establishment of a 

 specific predisposition." 



In Medicinal Plants, by Bentley and Trumen, 

 vol. iv. No. 291, on " Rice" 



" From a comparison with other cereal 

 grains, rice contains a larger proportion of 

 starch, much less nitrogenous substances, and 

 less of fatty matters and inorganic constit- 

 uents, and is less nutritious than wheat and 

 the other cereal grains in ordinary use, from 

 the fact already noticed." 



In Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. xx., 

 P- 539- 



" Payew gives only 7% of gluten in rice as 

 compared with 22% in the finest wheat, 14% 

 in oats, 12% in maize. 



" The fatty matter is also less in proportion 

 than in other cereals. Rice, therefore, re- 



