Cuart 4. This chart shows the record of animals fed’ on a ration of 
rolled oats and dextrin prepared from cornstarch. It is evident by com- 
paring these curves with those of Chart 8 that these animals were bene- 
fited to a considerable degree by the ingestion of dextrin in the ration, but 
they did not do nearly so well as did the animals that received lactose 
(see Chart 2). All the animals died, but there was a marked difference 
in the length of time that the animals survived this ration. Animals 2 
and 5, which survived the longest, showed the most severe lesions of scurvy. 
Animal 1 did not show symptoms of scurvy on postmortem examination. 
| CHART 5 
Rolitd oats 80 
N | Dextrose 20 
NN | 
Whole milk 
ibitum 
Cuart 5. These animals received dextrose in the ration. They did 
little better than the animals that received no carbohydrate, other than 
that contained in the oats (see Chart 8). The animals showed severe 
lesions of scurvy. Two of them, Nos. 4 and 5, suffered with an unusual 
amount of fermentation. The cecum of all of the animals on this diet 
was packed with feces that had a very offensive odor. 
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