cexii Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XV, 
Il. Ps capi gi wales of the reproductive organs is an important 
vitaminic’ deficiency. It leads to the cessation of the 
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in females. T i th is held to account in great measure for the 
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when they occur are due ma vied to i malted f iesittagk abtivity of n 
cells; much more sles to their degenerati 
. It is thought that, oe se of their atrophy out of all proportion 
to other tissues, the thymus, ms gee — ova —— and the spleen 
provide a rese ood fa use ions of 
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15. The red cells of the blood are diminished by about 209% 
whole morbid process is believed to be the result of nuclear 
of all tissue cells ven the adrenals, wh e of a 
organs of the undergo enlargement, sho se pa changes im 
heir cells indicative of nuclear starvation. The called ‘‘ a 
neuritic ins creed * are nuclear nourishers without winiehs: coll svaltiptider 
a oes “ead 
Fin ally, en hough deficiency of certain accessory food factors 
is the essential sates sm in the genesis of beri- beri, it is held that 
the onset of sy 
Vitaminic deficie besies renders the body very liable to be overrun by 
the rank growth of bacteria 
Beri-beri— By Masor-Generat HeEntr. 
® paper contains a description of the serge Me f beri-beri that 
from t December, 1915, to the 29th of Apri: 1916 The outbreak 
as responsible for 1: issions, all among British Troops. No case 
ecurred among the Indian Garrison who, however, suffered ee from 
scurvy. The great majority of the beri-beri cases occurred durin e first 
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three months of the siege in spite of the fact that the food ration then 
pa ilgd in respect of quantity and vari iety than at a later pease ef the 
as seen in Kut-el-Amara presented no very unusual 
ymptoms 
, and 45 per cent of he cases eae invalid 
All two of the men T aaote d had been in ines ON from an 
early stage of the expedition: non- oo pene eee gm and privates 
were equally affoc ted; there were ng acinar asc 
Severe continuous exercise appeared pi paodiphtints the ost 
cases. ina number of cases diarrhea or con racy Hoe 1 distatbance 
k. 
Mos the cases had _—" previously from ere sig but as few 
men in the force esca malaria altogether this be only 
@ coincidence: the oe Bi ad had a higher malarial sthense than 
the British escaped from beri-beri se, er. 
intimate enitelasio on between the prolonged use of tinned meat 
ethos beri wis —- or white bread, of British Troops and the occurrence 
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gan "oot the a tk of Kut are described. In view 
= the fat ‘that Ind dian Troo very severely effected from scurvy 
during the month of Pcie: wheres the British Troops escaped and 
