1919.] The Sixth Indian Science Congress. cexi 
Seventy-two pigeons were employed as controls; the blood and i 
ternal eae of sixty-three were examined Sar ares at ston time 
ea ave ic i 
tio 
Two had Satbainoata peritonitis. The incidence of Sabervulat disease in 
the pigeons employed was thus 2°7%. The organs of a large number of 
ese birds h. 
usions have been reached 
bi ar spe emp roy baste teriological observations :— 
Ve rok e of certain accessory food factors from the dietary, 
improperly te iad * anti- marie? leads not only to nates changes 
n the Sh eoamintica system but to similar changes in every organ and 
tissue of the bod we The morbid state to which their absence gives rise 
The ey 
2. wx, Gor complex resulting from the abse f these 
substances i is due (a (a) to a sesh inanition, (b) to deirtincohaney' at function 
of the o f digestion and assimilation, (c) to disordered endoc 
fun oe ion, especially of the adrenal glands, and (d) to enalnatettion® of 
the casi 
3. organs undergo hypertrophy; others atrophy. Those 
which hypertrophy are the adrenals. Those which atrophy, and in the 
order of s named, are the thymus, the testicles, the spleen, 
the ebony bila co nereas the heart, the liver, the kidneys, the stomach, 
enlargement of the adr a true ee agit Pe in so far as 
t is associated with a sconces ng increase of t glands’ adrenalin- 
ayes The eas ‘aie quality of banger in "the Pye ki ertrophied 
area for area, approximately the same found in the 
alticieds: in health. The Fe peakinntiy: is - cata en pod in both 
sexes 
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trophy of the adrenal glands. while 85%, of all cases having great 
hypertrophy of these organs cedema in some form. The amount 
of adrenalin, as determined ‘Se phy te ar noe in such cases 
8 been considerably i in excess of that found in cases not Sorted this 
$s al 
norm: 
ema of inanition and of beri-beri is believed fu be initiated 
y the increased intracapillary pressure which results from the incre 
production of adrenalin, acting in association with malnutrition of the 
tissues. Failure of the circulation and venous stasis may subsequently 
contribute to it. Age is an important factor determining its occurrence. 
This finding is held to account in great measure ra the occurrence of 
e ar in 
Wet beri-beri and dry beri-beri are consaaibalts the same dise’ 
the former ‘diftocs from the latter in the greater derangement of ae 
adrenal glands. 
8. Gaakiss. intestinal, biliary and pancreatic insufficiency are 
important consequences of a dietary too rich in starch and too poor 
In ** vitamines”’’ and other i 
sential ¢ the foo 
suggested nar some of the obscure metabolic disorders of childhood might 
be aaprrsqanlg m this view-point as well as from that of endocrine gland 
starv: mn. 
aw e of acidosis results from the absence of so-called ‘* anti- 
neuritic siomiaee ; this state is due to the imperfect metabolism 
of carbohydrates and to acid sry geonosen of starches in the intestinal 
ract. Clinically, it is evidenced b. reg i g 
the Pr cgp re 
Geons ‘atrophy of muscular tissues Tesults from | deficiency of 
sjiience food factors; it is due in part to 
bolism in consequence of dis sordered endocrine function, in part 
to the action of the aes : “gp hetninnd blood to the vegetative organs 
of the body at the expense 9 uscles 
