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Scientific Proceedings (79). 



1. The mammalian red blood corpuscle is a nuclear bud which 

 escapes into the circulation as the true red cell. 



2. The mammalian normoblast and the red corpuscle of the 

 bird are the product of intranuclear activity and are phylogenet- 

 ically identical. 



3. Phagocytosis of red cells by the giant cells (megakaryocytes) 

 in normal blood-forming tissues is by no means common. The 

 true process is undoubtedly the manufacture of red cells and not 

 the destruction of them. 



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The use of pancreatic vitamine in cases of infant malnutrition. 

 By Walter H. Eddy and Joseph C. Roper. 



[From the Department of Pathology, New York Hospital.] 



Preliminary experiments by the senior author had demon- 

 strated that pancreatic vitamine is removed very completely by 

 treating the containing extract with Lloyd's reagent (50 g. Lloyd 

 to 1 liter of extract). When the activated Lloyd powder is dried 

 it retains its power as a vitamine carrier and in case of rats ex- 

 ercises the same power as water solutions of vitamine. 



Basing work upon the above fact, attempts were made to 

 restore to growth marasmic children, by mixing activated Lloyd 

 powder with their cereal. In these studies Dr. Roper assisted in 

 selecting the children from the wards of the New York Hospital 

 and in directing their treatment. 



Experiments were begun in October and the treatment has 

 now been applied to ten babies, including one furnished by the 

 Babies Hospital through the kindness of Dr. Bartlett. 



In all the cases the addition of the powder has been followed 

 by increased growth of a normal tissue-forming type. In the 

 case at the Babies Hospital this growth was the first normal in- 

 crease since July 25. 



In one case at the New York Hospital the child was being 

 fed on cereal and condensed milk. This case was selected for 

 special control study. For this purpose five rats were selected 



