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analysis and experimental feeding with this bean showed that 

 it contains about 22 per cent of protein, which is of fairly good 

 quality. (4) 



The ration shown in Table 1 was worked out as a basal diet, 

 which could be modified as needed. 



Table 1. — Daily basal ration, subject to modification, for an adult leper. 





p^ 



*t 



°asr 



CoHe.. 





66 



20^0 



SS 



m 













Ib^t^TpZ^' oTion "etT^or^uUs 







Total 



« 



— ^7 





517.4 





Children from 8 to 12 years of age were to be given seven- 

 tenths of the amounts prescribed, and in addition one glass of 

 milk a day. Three hundred grams of fish or meat can be sub- 

 stituted for the mungo, but with such substitution the rice ration 

 or the vegetable ration should be increased from 400 to 500 

 grams. This increase is recommended because neither fish nor 

 lean meat has the calorific value of the mungo bean. 



The feeding experiment was conducted only on leper volun- 

 teers. In making a choice of applicants the following rules were 

 adhered to in each case: (a) Representatives were selected from 

 each province of the Islands; (6) lepers were selected in whom 

 the disease was at the medium stage of advancement; (c) when 

 all other conditions were the same preference was given to lepers 

 who in the past had depended largely on Government rations. 

 It was believed that this procedure would give a more-striking 

 comparison as to the relative values of the old and the new 

 diets. The applicants pledged themselves to take no food on 

 the outside, but otherwise their regular medical treatment and 

 their usual occupations and habits of living were not altered in 

 any way. 



The theater was converted into a large dining room, a card 

 system of entrance was used, and the attendance at each meal 

 was recorded. The weights of the lepers were taken each week. 



