The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-03-30

FtSoAS oAA peas. ht1A ct A
dried, but not canned) and. preferably |
OF ali OF these, is considered essential
10 give proper balance and to prevent
the fault in the diet. The cheap |
est II most readily available of these
are the and the poor. eSpeci- |
ally the poor Of our South. should be
instructed and urged to include them
in, or materially to increase the pro-
portion in which they enter into, their
daily diet, especially during the late
iaIi, winter, and spring months. There
is reason for more than a SUSPICION
that the Introduction OF, or the in
crease in. the lesumes in the daily
dietary coincident with the coming TO
Il tables Of the fresh vegetables
OF sunmer IS in part. at least. respon
sloie Tor the Improvement and recov-
cry or the cases of p~ellagra hat ap-
pear as a sort Of spring and
early summer crop following a win
ter or early spring diet il which these
elements are more or less censpic-
uOuSly small or altogether absent.
Weed More Beans and Peas.
The evidence is daily becoming
stronger hat the |eventful eradica-
ton of pellagra from our South viii
depend largely on the successful in
of our common dried le-
Sun1es into the late winter and spring
dietary. \ valuable step in h: direc-
ton would be an increase IN the cul-
ovation of some Of the varieties Of
beans and peas and their preserva-
ton IN the dried state for winter and
spring consumption.
has been said ~cOncernine
unconstitutional cases applies to casns
{ at orphanages, except hat here one
need concern oneself primarily bu'
: little with individual eccentricities O.
taste. At these Institutions a modif
- l cation nf tho 6iofory ojoeo nlor~ ~,
: lines indicated will, we believe. b
: followed by the complete wiping gu
or the disease. II this connection W,
e may say that We have knowledge 0
e an institution where his has actuall
happened. The occurrence OF rs case
Of pellagra at crpnanage IF. H i
the spring OF 1913, following appar
emily milder outbreaks III 1911 an
in 1912. led to a modification, alon
the lines above mentioned. of the die
OF the affected grOup Of children, tn
a outbreak having been strictly Unite
e to the boys and girls belonging TO on
is OF three groups into which the j!
/, mates were divided. Not a single cas-
q is knows to have developed this yea
< lspring and summer. 1910 among
L total Of some 234 of the children
n this orphanage. We have reason
t. believe that this is not q unique t..
1T perienco.-
S, TIL at 1Asy},I1nS.
st At asylum for The insane The pr
h, blem, though essentially dietary,
N complicated and greatly obscured
Is masked by h varying d%e1neanor
IL the different mental types, resulting
n more or less marked eccentriCitics
diet that are difficult # rot weil-n:s
Impossible to wholly prevent. Tt
We applies more particularly IL tho
hy1rypes Ct individuals (de:nents) who
mental condition leads to apathy a
e. Indifference, iecessitating q spec
OF care which IN me oyer-crowGe.1 a.
IL undern;anned institution a not
given them.
dy Al 1e,:rly if not quite all IF tn.
We institutions the diet may be said to
fic adequate, though in some, at least,
ed increase in the anima: anG leguEaino
us protein component ADD 4 reduction
ial the carbohydrate (rorn ard mo]a<sse
rly component appear highly desirab
ed On this iOint we expect to near wal
protes: from asylum officials. We {
ms nect TO be informed that we MI
surely be wrong, for at such and 81
N institutions. where an ample allo
in ance Of fresh meat is made, there
ed nevertheless CT excessive preyaler
Of p~ellagra. We do rot know h
m much meat is ~'.allowed"; indeed,
as have no wish to iorbt that an "a
pie allowance" is actually made. Err,
MS. personal observaticn, however,
I'd know hat some. at least. of Tho
lu- mates dc not get az "amTle ale
de- ance.' The little that they do get
as their plates they do not always {
pod at times perhaps because OF a de
to sional or other dislike for meat. Z:
re- reason Of it's having been stolen fr
their plates by another inmate
it "~stealer"), or. in those who must
ent specially fed, because the feeding
e is not properly done.
rec At asylums for the insane not G
t it should q. mixed. well-Da:a7ced.
the ried diet be furnished. Sut meaSU
veil must be taken to see thai the iEdl'
ual patient actually eats il.
Having One Thing; Diet Anothc.
of We have several times cee1
the sured, and it is not in~fraouentiy
ced, ported in the literature. that diet
have no canSatiNe relation TO