Notes from the physiological laboratory of the University of Pennsylvania / edited by N.A. Randolph and Samuel G. Dixon.

Date:
1885
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    days old. In many cases the broken :m< I empty cellulose envelopes of the starch-granules were clearly discernible. The six infants in whose evacuations a note- worthy amount of starch was present were aged respectively three, four, ten, thirteen, fourteen, and seventeen months. The eldest two were in very bad health. The following is a tabular statement of the age, diet, and appearances of the faeces in the children forming the subject of this study: AN EXAMINATION OF THE F.ECES OF TWENTY-FOUR STARCII- FED INFANTS. No. Name. Age. Food. Starch present. Remarks. 1 •I.> days. Condensed None. milk and cracker- dust. 2 2 mos. Traces. 3 Hi Gettinger. 1 3 Twice examined: no fat before inunc- tion, about 10 J>er cent, alter. .1 3 <t 3 ii A1h.u1 i , starch. 7 3 Traces. > 4 Corn-Btarfl] ami milk. 9 4 Condensed milk ami cracker- dust. None. Many broken rcllu- 1 HVelopeS. 4+ Traces. Evidences of potato snrreptitiuuslj given. 11 5 Abonl 'j -i irch, 5+ •* Man; bactei la. ii ttcKiiilej a •• ii «i 1 ppr cent, in i; had had Inunctions,
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