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Table. 



Diets (Symbols). 



A. Basal diet plus one gram raw cabbage daily. 



B. Basal diet without cabbage. 



C. Basal diet plus 5 grams pressure cooked cabbage daily. 



D. Basal diet plus 5 grams open kettle cooked cabbage daily. 



E. Basal diet plus 10 grams pressure cooked cabbage daily. 



F. Basal diet plus 10 grams open kettle cooked cabbage daily. 



G. Basal diet plus 10 grams pressure cooked acidified cabbage daily. 



Experiment I. 





Diet. 



A. 



B. 



C. 



Pigs 



Days oh diet 



Wt. at beginning 



Wt. at end 



Autopsy findings 



Ave. of 4 

 20 



250 



350 

 No scurvy 



Ave. of 2 

 20 



225 



185 

 Scurvy 



Ave. of 2 

 20 



225 



220 

 Scurvy 



Experiment II. 



Diet. 





A. 



B. 



C. 



D. 





F. 



Pig No 



6 



12 



3 



8 



4 



10 



5 



7 



1 



11 



2 



9 



Days on diet . . . 



82 



82 



32 



32 



46 



4i 



44 



48 



45 



59 



52 



48 



Wt. at beg 



400 



358 



378 



387 



364 



376 



411 



339 



362 



396 



35i 



384 



Wt. at end 



300 



498 



220 



207 



212 



272 



235 



235 



252 



207 



200 



244 



Gain or loss .... 



100 



+140 



158 



180 



152 



104 



176 



104 



no 



189 



151 



140 



Autopsy 



N 1 



N 



S l 



S 



S 



S 



S 



S 



S 



S 



S 



s 



Adrenals 





640 



410 



453 



439 



302 



509 



481 



350 





389 



324mgms. 



Experiment III. 



Pig No 



Days on diet 



Wt. at beg 



Wt. at end 



Loss 



Autopsy 



Adrenals 



Diet G. 





24 



25 



26 



37 



315 



395 



230 



225 



85 



1 70 



S 



S 



412 



496 mgms. 



Summary. 



1. The LaMer-Sherman basal diet proved quantitatively ac- 

 curate in producing death by scurvy within the periods predicted 

 by the authors. 



1 "S" si^n. scurvy. "N" sign, no scurvy. 



