The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-26

Richard Le GaIIienne's @Painted
 shadows"-.The White Crystals. by
 H. R. GarIs-.Iy Lady Laughter" by
 Dwight TiItOn-"Hope Hathaway"
 by Miss Frances Parker-oth-
 CT Books.
 The Frederick A. Stokes Company,
 New York, has just published large
 volume of four hundred and seventy
 eight pages in clear plain type and fig
 ures on Physiological Economy in Nu- triton" by Director Russell H. Chit
 tenden of the Sheffield Scientific school.
 The work comprises the experiments done last winter in nutrition at the Physiological Chemistry Laboratory on
 Hillhouse avenue, this city.
 A company of United States soldiers,
 under the command of pr. Wallace De Witt, was put in the charge of Profess sor Chittenden, to be experimented on in diet, their maintenance at New Ha- ven being largely at the government expense. These experiments consumed
 large part of last winter and were
 made very thoroughgoing and exact.
 Besides the soldiers, some of the stu
 dents of the university volunteered as
 subjects and so the scope of the experi-
 ment was made larger
 Numerous grants of funds were made
 from the Bache fund of the National
 Academy of Sciences, and from the
 Carnegie Institute of Washington; also by large donations from MT. Horace
 Fletcher of Venice and from MT. John
 H. Patterson Of Dayton, O.
 I The successful carrying out of the ex-
 periments was rendered possible by the
 active cooperation of Lafayette B. l Mendel, Ph, D., professor of physiolog- ical chemistry in the Sheffield Scientific school. Efficient aid in the routine chemical and other work of the labora- tory in connection with the experi- nents was rendered by Frank F. Un-
 derhill, Ph. D., Arthur L. Dean, Ph. D.,
 Harold c. Bradley, B. A., Robert B. Gibson, Ph. B., Oliver E. Closson, Ph
 B., and Charles S. Leavenworth, Ph. B. Dr. William c. Anderson, director of the Yale Gymnasium, with the co-ope- ration of his assistants, rendered valu- able aid in looking after the physical development of the men under experi-
 ment, in arranging frequent tests, as
 well as in prescribing the character
 and extent of tlaelr work in the gymna- sium.
 The greater part of the training of the soldiers was under the personal su-
 pervision of William H. Callahan, M.
 D, assisted by the various instructors in the gymnasium, who led the drills and looked after the men.
 In the study of Reaction Time" and other matters Of psychological interest, the work was under the direction of Charles H. Judd, Ph. D., in charge of the Yale Psychological laboratory, aid- ed by Warren M. Steele, B. A., and
 Cloyd N. McAllister, Ph. D. Dr. Wall lace De Witt, lieutenant in charge of the army detail, rendered valuable aid. A notable feature of the book is six teen half tone illustrations, showing
 athletes and United States soldiers who
 were the subjects of these experiments
 and who according to the common the
 ories regarding eating should have been poorly nourished, but who, as the
 abundant tables of figures, the illustra- 1 tions and the physical vigor attained by the subjects oe the experiments
 show, were most thoroughly and hy-
 gienically nourished, the result being a triumphant demonstration of Professor l Chittenden's contention. Professor Chittenden also subjected himself to i the same system of moderation in diet and selection of food, with the same
 aim in view, that of securing the best and most complete nourishment with the least tax upon the digestive appa- ratus, and did this while on his annual l trip to the wild woods last summer. 1 The results were most happy, further demonstrating his theory. He also l found himself cured of a rheumatic af- lection of the knee joint as the result of 1 his regimen while in the woods. He found, as did all the subjects, that his
 physical strength was wholly main tained by the dietary system pursued. l Rr0feSSOf% %OHlLlSHueu III HIS FCiy AhIOA [ esting summing up says among much else of interest," We are certainly l justified, however, in saying, on the basis of our daily observations made on a large number of individuals and ex- tending over many months, that there l is no apparent need for any such
 amount of proteid food as is ordinarily
 consumed by the average individual. l We can point to persons, who for peril
 ods ranging from six months to a year
 have subsisted quite satisfactorily on
 an amount of proteid food daily, equal l to one-third or one-half the amount or dinarily considered as necessary for the maintenance of health and strength,
 and this without unduly increasing the amount of on-nitrogeneous food. Further, he finds that the bodily weight is maintained by this regimen, by this reduction in the consumption of proteid food, and likewise that both
 bodily and mental vigor are main- | tained also.
 1 Proceeding, Professor Chittenden says, expressing his views in nut | shell: Tt is obvious, as previously stated, that tho smallest amount of food that will serve to maintain bodily and mental vigor, keep up bodily strength and preserve the normal pow 1 CTS of resistance to disease, is the nor | A,,,v ..,aae,e, r,ya,. and Q hnue