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PADI AND ITS RELATION TO BERIBERI. 



(Kew Bulletin No. 6, P. 277.) 

 Padl — In connection with an investigation which is 

 being carried out, at the Institute for Medical Research, 

 Kuala Lumpur, F. M. S., by Dr. P. Fraser on the subject 

 of Beri-beri, twenty-one samples of rice, collected by Dr. 

 Fraser, were brought to the Jodrell Laboratory early in the 

 year for examination. In the following list particulars of 

 the various samples are given. Sir Patrick Manson, 

 k.c.m.g., f.e.s., at whose instance the examination of these 

 samples was undertaken and to whom a copy of the report 

 on the samples has been communicated, writes that he has 

 been informed that since " cured " rice has been adopted 

 as the only form of rice in use in Government Institutions 

 in the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States, 

 Beri-beri has disappeared from them. Sir Patrick Manson 

 considers that it is desirable to publish the results of the 

 examination of these samples. 



List of Samples of Rice. 



I. Untreated padi. 

 II. Padi after soaking 4S hours. Sent to. laboratory 

 wet. 



III. Padi after soaking 48 hours and steaming. Dried 



in sun. 



IV. Parboiled rice. Indian. 

 V. Parboiled rice. Penang. 



VI. Parboiled rice. Asahan. 

 1 VII. White rice. Siam No. i. 

 VIII. White rice. Siam No. ii. 



IX. White rice. Rangoon. 



X. Malay rice. Usual Kampong variety. 



XI. Malay rice. "Bras "merah." 

 XII. Malay rice. "Bras hitam." 



XIII. Malay rice. "Bras pulut." 



XIV. Padi before soaking — in gum solution. 

 XV. Padi after soaking — in gum solution. 



XVI. Padi after soaking, steaming and drying — in gum 

 solution. 



XVII. Parboiled rice. Indian — in gum solution. 

 XVIII. Parboiled rice. Penang — in gum solution. 

 XIX. White rice. Rangoon — in gum solution. 

 XX. Malay rice — in gum solution. 

 XXL White rice. Siam— in gum solution. 



A number of rice-grains from the samples left at the 

 Jodrell Laboratory by Dr. H. Fraser, Institute for Medical 



