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CASE NO. 14 (GROUP III). 



Diet: White rice + rice polishings for 17 days^ 

 followed by red rice for 80 days, together I Total period of experi- 

 with the special diet common to all the [ ment, 97 days, 

 groups. J 



Following is a brief summary of the notes of the case : Fairly 

 well-nourished individual; percussion of lungs normal; respira- 

 tory sounds normal; area of cardiac dulness not increased be- 

 yond normal ; point of maximum impulse visible 5.5 centimeters 

 to the left of the median line and 2 centimeters below the nipple 

 line; heart sounds clear at apex and base; no epigastric pulsa- 

 tion ; spleen and liver not palpable below the costal margin ; the 

 knee jerks are active. 



The notes of this case are unimportant except that the in- 

 dividual lost steadily in weight, and weighed 4.5 kilograms (10 

 pounds) less by the eightieth day of the experiment. On the 



