“…the effect of coco-nut oil on the Polynesians and fish fat on the Eskimos [Rosenfeld, 1902;Kn6pfelmacher, 1898]. Currie [1922] has quoted some hitherto unpublished results of Duncan on the variation of the iodine value of normal human fat with the age of the subject, a finding which had earlier been noted in "beef " animals by Moulton and Trowbridge [1909]. Jaeckle [1902] found that the iodine value of the three-day-old child's fat was 47, of the two to three-weeks-old child 58, and of the adult 62-73.…”