Proceedings of the third Race Betterment Conference, January 2-6, 1928 : under the auspices of the Race Betterment Foundation, Battle Creek, Michigan.

National Conference on Race Betterment 1928 : Battle Creek, Mich.)

Date:: 1928

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Credit: Proceedings of the third Race Betterment Conference, January 2-6, 1928 : under the auspices of the Race Betterment Foundation, Battle Creek, Michigan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$xii third race betterment conference Progress in A'itamin Research 430-436 Walter H. Eddy, Ph.D., Professor Physiological Chemistry, Teach¬ ers' College, Columbia l^niversity Vitamin A; Vitamin B; Vitamin C; Vitamin D; Vitamin E; Standardization of biological test methods needed Deficiencies in the Ал'ега§-е American Diet 437-441 AIiss EniTH Hawley, Food Economist, Bureau of Home Economics, United States Department of Agriculture Half our energy requirements supplied by cereals and sugar; The average diet low in minerals and vitamins ; Workmen's diet low in calcium and iron; Diets of farm families inadequate in minerals and vitamins ; Increased knowledge of food prepa¬ ration needed ; Consumer should demand more efficient market¬ ing service C'ocl Liver Oil and Its Role in Human NtUrition 442-447 E. M. Nelson, Protein and Nutrition Division, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, United States Department of Agriculture Improved methods of manufacture insure more valuable product; A source of vitamins A and D ; Success with cod liver oil in rickets; L'ltra-violet light in the cure of rickets; Six vitamins concerned in specific abnormal physiological conditions ; The vitamin potency of cod liver oil The Gorilla and Its Environment 448-455 Alus. Cakl E. Akeley Importance of study to scientists and physicians ; The dwelling place and feeding ground; The gorilla's food; The gorilla sleeps in a clean bed; Droppings free from putrefactive odor; Alaintains great strength on a diet of wild celery ; The study of the gorilla important to man; An example of perfect health; The powerful gorilla Prehistoric Living 456-470 Henry AI. Ami, D.Sc., Director Canadian School of Prehistory in France, Laboratory of Geology and Palaeontology, Ottawa, Canada The last chapter of life on this planet; Earliest evidences of man; The Chellean period; Early man was a vegetarian; The Acheulean period; Forced to eat hesh ; The Aloustierian period; The Aurignacian period; Alan a hunter and artist; The So- lutrian period ; The Alagdalenian period ; Engraving ; The Azilian period; The Tardenoisian period; The new stone age (Neolithic) Campignian period; The Robenhausian period; Trade and commerce; Race betterment; \'arieties of races; Unity of human race; Wonders of creation MAN AND THE MICROBE The Relation of Intestinal Bacteria to Human Welfare 471-480 Dr. Akthi'r Isaac Kendall, Professor of Research Bacteriology, Northwestern I'niversity School of ATedicine Attempts to rear sterile animals ; Nature's bacteriological seed¬ ing of the intestinal tract ; Bacteriological changes caused by adult food; The food requirements of bacteria; Bacterial Dr. Jekylls and Air. Hydes ; What the ''millet seed of the prophet did bacterially ; The correct use of bacterial lactic acid therapy; Evidence that lactic acid therapy reduces disease in general ; The modern disturbance of the man-microbe balance must be counteracted$