400 STRONG AND CROWELL. 



Table VIII. — Showing nature of the rice received by the different groups. 



Case 

 No. 



Group and rice received. 



Total 

 days. 



Group I. 



White rice + rice polishings for 13 days, followed by white rice + extract of rice 

 poIishinsB for 84 days. 



White rice + rice polishings for 13 days, followed by white rice + extract of rice 

 polishinsTB for 95 days. 



Group II. 

 ■White rice for 97 days,- followed by red rice for 20 days 



White rice 



White rice 



Group III. 

 White rice + rice polishingrs for 17 days, followed by red rice for 80 days - 



White rice + rice polishings for 17 days, followed by red rice for 100 days 



Group IV. 

 ^White rice 81 days, followed by red rice for 20 days 



White rice. 



White rice- 

 White rice. 



97 



108 



117 

 97 

 108 



97 

 117 



101 



92 



82 

 76 



SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENTS. 



If now we compare the results of the experiments in the dif- 

 ferent groups, it may be seen that in Group I, where the diet 

 consisted largely of white rice together with extract of rice 

 polishings, 4 of the 6 individuals comprising the group developed 

 no symptoms of beriberi during the time of the experiment. 

 One, No. 1, developed rather marked early symptoms of beriberi 

 and one, No. 3, developed some of the early symptoms of this 



