By this method it was possible to abort the attacks, and all the patients have now gone two years without having any seiziiics or any trouble. If this be an epilepsy, as pronounced by two men for whose opinion I have (he utmost respect, then it is (he most curable form of epilepsy I have ever seen. The object of my paper whs In show the great conflict in opinion
did not claim to originate the legumeii treatment of beriberi. From its studies of the actual dietaries of the Philippine scouts (native troops) it had determined the relative amounts of rice and other footls necessary for health ( Kilbourne, K. !).: "Food .Salts in Relation to Beriberi," Philippine Jour. 8c, 1010, v, 127) and in its letter of recommendation to the adjutant general stated the maximum amount of rice allowable and the minimum amount of other foods, including beans, necessary for beriberi prophylaxis. It was an accurate estimation of the necessary amounts of the different components based on their past performances. Before that time the use of beans
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