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ciple does not pass to the milk to be used by the beriberi infant, 

 which on that account develops the disease, while it is used up 

 by the nursing woman, who does not show any symptoms of 

 beriberi. 



(c) This series shows that infantile beriberi is less prevalent 

 during April, May, June, and July and that the age most affected 

 is between 1 and 3 months. 



(d) The oedema-congestion of the lung pronounced by Mat- 

 suoka as the cause of the dilatation-hypertrophy of the right 

 ventricle offers a new field of investigation in both infantile 

 beriberi and infantile scurvy. 



(7) Pneumonia, lobar and lobular, has been met with in 21.6 

 per cent of this series. If in this we include other diseases of the 

 respiratory tract, we shall probably see that this tract is the 

 most vulnerable place in young children. 



(8) Suppurative meningitis has been met with more fre- 

 quently in the records than tuberculous meningitis and more 

 so during the first two years of life. 



(9) Typhoid, malaria, and tumors are rare in children of this 

 series. 



(10) The pathological study of this series includes only the 

 causes of stillbirths, of death below the first six days of life, 

 diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, tuberculosis, pneumonias, 

 meningitis, typhoid, malaria, and tumors. 



I heartily appreciate the valuable advice and assistance given 

 me by Dr. B. C. Crowell in the study of this series. 



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