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pounds) in twenty- three days following the change of diet from 

 polishings mixed with the rice to alcoholic extract of polishings. 

 On the eighty-fifth day of diet the systolic blood pressure was 

 100 millimeters Hg. A few small erosions developed about 

 the corners of the lips during the experiment which healed 

 promptly under local applications of a 5 per cent solution of 

 silver nitrate. He refused to continue the diet on the ninety- 

 seventh day of the experiment and was returned to the regular 

 prison ration on that day. At this time his condition appeared 

 good and his knee jerks were active. 



DAYS OF DIET 

 35 50 64 



N94 

 WHITE RICE AND RICE POLISHINGS, 13 DAYS 

 WHITE RICE ANO EXTRACT OF POLISHINGS. 84 DAYS 



CASE NO. 5 (GROUP l), 



Diet: White rice + rice polishings for 13 days " 

 followed by white rice + extract of polish- 

 ings for 95 days, together with the special 

 diet common to all the groups. 



Dried codfish and potatoes were added to the diet on the 97th day. 



Total period of experi- 

 ment, 108 days. 



Following is a summary of the notes of the case: He states 

 that he is 67 years old; his knee jerks are absent; examination 

 of the lungs shows moderate emphysema; the examination of 

 the heart shows that the area of cardiac dulness does not extend 

 to the right of sternum, while on the left it extends 2.5 centi- 



