684 MAIZE 



CHAP, of unravelling the etiology of this puzzling disease, in order 

 XIV ' that measures based on fact might be instituted for its preven- 

 tion " (Grim, i). 



For the information of readers who may wish to pursue the 

 subject farther, the writer has extracted the most promising 

 titles from the Index Medicus from October, 19 12, to April, 

 1 91 3, inclusive ; these and other references will be found in the 

 bibliography under the names of the following authors : — 



Andenino, Cesa-Bianchi, Forbes, Frosini, Grim, Hirschfelder, 

 Hunter, Jennings, Krauss, Lavinder, Lombroso, Merck, Nicolas, 

 Nicholls, Pieraccini, Procopin, Rondoni, Roy, Sambon, Sand- 

 with, Sheppard, Singer, Tuczek, Wood, and Wussow. 



Lavinder (1), writing in 1908, states : " Most of the literature 

 is in Italian, French, or German. There is but little in English. 

 The writings of Roussel [1845] an ^ Lombroso are important. 

 The monographs of Tuczek and Procopin are more recent and 

 give a good account of the disease ; I am especially indebted 

 to these two authors. Sandwith's article, in English, is brief, 

 but gives a good account of the disease in Egypt. Most of 

 the dictionaries, encyclopedias, and reference handbooks give 

 good brief articles. In Allbut's System of Medicine, edition 

 of 1905, will be found a fairly satisfactory account. In most 

 of the larger textbooks on the skin will also be found some 

 description of the disease." 



The editors of the Index Medicus, who adopt the policy 

 of classifying it as far as possible upon the latest accepted 

 views in medicine, have since the beginning of the present 

 year (1913) removed pellagra from the catalogue of "Diseases 

 due to Specific Infection," where it appeared in 191 2, to the 

 class " Intoxications," which includes also beri-beri. 



636. Variety of Maize Preparations Available. — An objec- 

 tion sometimes raised against the use of maize for food is the 

 supposed lack of variety which its extended use would entail. 

 This idea is erroneous, as we shall endeavour to show. 



Cracked maize, called "samp," "hominy" or "stamped 

 mielies," is boiled (often with salt meat) as a vegetable, and 

 may be used as a substitute for potatoes or rice. Coarsely 

 ground under the name of " fine hominy," " grits," or " hominy 

 grits," and in South Africa " semola," it is boiled and eaten 



