ETIOLOGY OF BERIBERI. 



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pulsation ; no throbbing over the cardiac area ; point of maximum 

 impulse not visible nor distinctly palpable; heart sounds clear; 

 no pain nor tenderness of the legs; no oedema of legs; the knee 

 jerks are active; he says he feels about the same as before he 

 began the diet; the urine contained no albumin nor casts. He 

 was placed on the regular prison ration, but thirteen days later 

 he had not gained in weight. 





DAYS OF DIET 

 4 9 13 18 27 35 50 64 77 84 94 105 



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Table III. — Record of ratioiis consumed by prisoners of Group /.* 



Prisoner 

 number. 



Kind of rice. 



Duration of experiment. 



4 



2 

 1 

 6 

 6 

 3 



White rice + rice polishings, 13 days; and white 

 rice + extract of rice polishings, 84 days. 



White rice r rice polishings. 13 days; and white 

 rice -1 extract of rice polishings, 95 days. 



97 days, January 17 to April 22. 

 108 days. January 17 to May 3. 



» Breakfast was uniform throughout the experiments and consisted of bread, about 100 

 grams ; coffee, about 500 cubic centimeters ; and sugar, about 16 grams. See Table I, page 293. 



