disorders by buttermilk feeding and by the lacto-bacilline treatment shows that the diet is much more effective when some starch or sugar is added to the diet. The general conclusions from the above observations afford physiological and chemical support of the empirical use of starch in infant feeding and may be summed up shortly as follows : 1. A diastasic ferment is secreted by the salivary glands and pancreas of newborn infants and even before birth. 2. Its amount and activity are slight in the first few weeks of life and after that rapidly increase. 3. The glands, notably the pancreas, can be trained by means of a
and will also be subject to the general regulations applicable to Army Reserve officers so far as such regulations do not conflict with those laid down in this Warrant. The sum of £5 will be allowed towards the provision of uniform. We wish that we could consider that the Royal Warrant, the nature and terms of which are here set forth, is altogether calculated to fulfil its object in view, which is really one of national importance, especially in the case of war, for which eventuality all the arrangements for the expansion of the medical service in this respect require to be thoroughly thought out beforehand.VOLUNTEER CORPS.
Irish Towns.-The 174 deaths in Dublin corresponded to an I annual rate of 21'9, or 5'4 per 1000 above that recorded in the previous week, and included 3 each from whoopingcough. diphtheria, and infantile diarrhooa, and 1 from measles. The 173 deaths in Belfast were eaual to a rate of 21'8 per 1000, and included 4 from scarlet fever, 3 from whooping-cough, 2 from measles, and 1 each from enteric fever, diphtheria, and infantile diarrhoea. The Services. ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. Lieut-Col. L. Addams-Williams retires on retired pay. Major and Bt. Lieut.-Col. R. A. Bryden relinquishes the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on ceasing to command a Medical Unit. Major R. C. Sidgwick relinquishes the acting rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Major V. G. Johnson is placed temporarily on the half-pay list on account of ill-health.Temp. Major J. C. Davies (Major, 4th R.W. Fus., T.F.) relinquishes his temporary commission on ceasing to be employed with the Field Ambulances of the 43rd Division.
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