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From the Departments of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Toronto, and the Medical Service, Toronto General Hospital.
This is the seventh in the series of articles on Diet and Nutrition, prepared under the auspices of the Association's Committee on Nutrition. The previous articles can be found in the Journal, 1938, 38: 277, 387, 401 and 586; 39: 76, 179.