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1905

Dr. James Cantlis (Journal of Tropical Medicine) in an

article on Tropical Hygiene, showed that it is not the heat

alone which is harmful but also the light. Es mentions the

preliminary stimlation of new-comers, and the subsequent

neurasthenia, suspended digestion, and exhaustion which may

need alchohol, He also shows the need of fresh meat to coun-

teract the exhaustions, for he thinks the lack of nitrogen'

is a prize factor in tropical exhaustions.

This brings up the question of food, and it is well to say

that physicians are now almost unanimous in declaring that

the old doctrine that we should eat very lightly of animal

food in the tropics is a very pernicious one. The natives

are now known to be suffering from nitragen starvation and

we should not imitate them inthis respect any more than we

by should imitate their filthy habits, the white man.

reason of his exhaustions possibly needs more meat than he

does at home for an equal amount of physical labour, There

is considerable evidence that beri-beri and tuberclosis at-

tack by preference those in a condition of nitrogen starva-

tion and this accop

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