1 62  Dextrinized  Malt  in  Infant-feeding.  {AmAp^1^nn- 
It  appears  established  that  azulene  is  closely  related  to  the  sesqui- 
terpenes. From  no  other  class  of  compounds  have  hydrocarbons 
been  obtained  which  show  such  intense  color.  Colored  hydrocarbons 
which  have  so  far  been  prepared  are  characterized  by  complex 
structure  or  a  dense  arrangement  of  the  atoms,  the  intensity  of  the 
color  increasing  with  the  size  of  the  molecule;  for  example: 
•  CeH4\  /C6H411 
I  >C:C< 
C6H/  XC6H4 
CH=CHX  .CH  =  CHX     /CH3  CH  =  CHX  /C6H5]2 
I  >C:CH2;  |  >C<        ;  |  >C< 
CH-CH/  CR  =  CW     XC6H5  CH-CH/  XC6H5 
1.  Yellow.  2.  Red  liquid.  3.  Deep  red  solid. 
Rubicen,  a  red  hydrocarbon,  C26H14,  m.  p.  3060.13 
It  is  obvious  that  in  azulene  we  have  an  entirely  different  and 
unique  chemical  compound.    We  hope,  in  a  subsequent  communica- 
tion, to  collect  further  data  on  this  interesting  substance. 
The  writer  wishes  here  to  acknowledge  his  indebtedness  to  Dr. 
Francis  D.  Dodge  for  helpful  suggestions  as  well  as  for  aid  in 
obtaining  material  used  in  connection  with  the  above  work. 
Laboratory  of  the  Dodge  and  Olcott  Company,  Bayonne,  N.  J. 
DEXTRINIZED  MALT  IX  IXFANT-FEEDIXG.1 
By  Theodore  Le  Boutillier,  M.D. 
During  the  last  two  years  a  study  has  been  made  in  the  service  of 
Dr.  Howard  Childs  Carpenter  in  the  Children's  Department  of  the 
Philadelphia  General  Hospital  of  the  result  of  adding  dextrinized 
malt  to  milk-mixtures  in  infant-feeding,  replacing  the  lactose  form- 
erly used.  While  the  cases  studied  have  been  too  few  in  number 
and  cover  too  short  a  period  of  time  to  justify  any  absolute  state- 
ments, the  general  conclusions  reached  may  be  found  helpful. 
In  the  cases  of  malnutrition  in  which  a  rational  milk-mixture  has 
been  employed,  but  the  weight  has  remained  practically  stationary, 
we  have  found  in  most  instances  that  the  substitution  of  dextri- 
u  Graebe,  Ber.,  26,  2334  (1892)  ;  25,  3146  (1891). 
^Thiele,  Ber.,  33,  668,  851,  3395  (1900)  ;  Ibid.,  36,  842  (1903)  ;  Ann.,  319, 
226  (1901). 
13  Plummerer,  Ber.,  45,  294  (1912). 
1  Reprinted  from  Philadelphia  General  Hospital  Reports,  vol.  ix,  p.  157. 
