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Regaring the nse of rice in the treatment of Diabetes, see 
my brochure “ Diabetes and its dietetic Treatment,” (8th 
Edition, 1917). B. D. B. 
During the expedition to Egypt the soldiers were fed 
almost exclusively on rice and their health suffered in no way. 
It transports easily, and keeps well as shown by analyses after 
12 years, and is therefore an advantageous food material in 
times of peace and war. 
Decorticated rices from the principal localities, Carolina, India, Java, 
Japan, Piedmont, Saigon (Cochin-China), show a percentage composition 
varying between the extremes quoted below : — 
Water. 
Proteids. 
Fat. 
Amyloids. 
Fibre. 
Ash. 
Maximum ... 
16 00 
8-82 
■75 
81-35 
•42 
•68 
Minimum ... 
1020 
5-50 
15 
75 60 
•18 
•42 
Crude rices contain a higher proportion of nitrogenous and fatty subs- 
tances and ash, the limits being as follows : — 
Water. 
Proteids. 
Fat. 
Amyloids. 
Fibre. 
Ash. 
Maximum ... 
18-30 
905 
2-50 
75-60 
2-38 
2 '20 
Minimum 
11-20 
6M8 
1-85 
78-85 
08 
1-20 
Balland found that there was no connection between the size of the 
grain and the proportion of nitrogenous matter, and demonstrated from his 
analyses that rice has more value as a food than is commonly supposed. 
The proteins or albuminoids of rice have recently been studied by 
O. Rosenheim and 8. Kajuria. These chemists find 7 per cent, of total 
protein present in rice, of which 0'14 is a globulin, 0 04 an albumin, and the 
remainder a protein which like the glutenin of wheat is soluble in dilute 
alkali. The name oryzegenin is suggested for it. 
Unmilled rice contains between 2 and 8 per cent, of oil, but in the process 
of polishing most of this oil is removed with the aleurone layer. The bran 
from rice mills in Rangoon and elsewhere contains a considerable amount of 
oil which frequently amounts to 20 per cent., and for this purpose is exported 
from India to Europe for supplying a material in soap manufacture. On 
account of the presence of an enzyme in the bran, the oil extracted has 
usually a high acidity. A recent analysis of rice oil has been published by 
M. Tsnjimoto (1911) recording the following physical and the chemical 
characters : Specific gravity at 15°. 0’927 ; acid value, 34'75 ; saponification 
