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A Lay Preacher

Brain Fag, Nervous Exhaustion-

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY SCE, 1913.

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A gentleman in Burma, Mr. F. M. Jonas, writing to the Burma Critic on the Bubject of medical research in the Feder- ated Malay States, says that beri-beri is caused by eating rice is certain, but it does not matter whether the rice is polished or not, it occurs just the same. Kakke, the Japanese name for bori-beri, has been for a very time and it still one of the most prevalent diseases in Japan. The staple diet of the Japanese was and is rico in the unpolished form, and the disease was common long before such a thing as polished rice was known, It attacks people in all ranks of life, but is much more common amongst the lower orders. The Japanero Government scient ists have been for years investigating and trying to eradicate it. It was very rife in the army and it was lessened by giving the soldiers a mixed diet of wheat and rice boiled together. So hero is n paradox. Evidenty research is being carried on in the Federated Malay States because beri-beti has become more pro- valent, and its chus is put down to the cating of polished Fite." In Japan it was and is one of the commonest diseases, and there the consumption has been

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is unpolished rice, so that beri-beri does occur whether polished or unpolished rico is eaten. In niost parts of China and in Burano rice is the staple article of food. In China it is always napolished as there is not a rice mill there, in Burma both polished and unpolished are caten. Still in these two countries beri-beri. whilst it occurs, is 11. very uncom- Inva disease. Although a layman, I have taken a great interest in this disease for years, and having been a large employer of labour in Japan, I saw many cases. I do not think it matters what kind of rice is eaten as long as it is eaten hot or very soon after getting cold. My theory is that beri-beri caused by eating cold rice or rather rice that has been allowed to stand some time and is eaten cold. There is nothing on which mould grows quicker than on cold rice; more especialy is this se in hot moist climates. In Chin and in Burma rice is eaten hot. Very little cold rice is con- sumed, whereas in Japan large quantities are eaten cold in various forms; one of the commonest being Sushi, balls of rice with fish prawas or other delicacies on top. This one finds all over Japan and is often exposed for hours in the shops where it is made before it is sold. Work people, clerks and others, take their Bento or lunch with them; this is often composed of yesterday's rice with a little fish or something to eat with it.

Very likely the early meal is also of the same cold rien; they do not throw yester day's left over rice away as I have often seem in Burma. Beriberi is much moro pdevalent in the autuma in Japan than at other seasons. It decreases in winter and spring when the temperature is low, when naturally it takes longer for mould to grow, so that cold rice during these seasons can be eaten with impunity, but as soon as the hot moist period of the rainy season gets in, mould grows quickly during this time through the hot summer, and. if my theory is correct, that the cop- sumption of cold rice culminates in the numerous cases that occur in the autumn, for beri-beri is a disease that comes on very gradually, and as it is asserted that the continuous consumption of polished rice is the cause of it, may it not be in the same way the continuous use of cold rice? The rubber industry in the F. M. S. bas caused large numbers of Chinese. Japanese and Indian coolies to be im- ported. These coolies turn out very early to work and do not return to their quar- ters until their daily task is completed. It is more than likely, seeing the lung hours before them that they snatch a hasty meal of cold rice left over from the day before. Thus, if the eating of cold atale rice the cause of beri-beri this may account for the disease increasing there. To som up. The Chinese consume their rice hot-very little heri-beri, eating un polished rice. Burmese cat both polished and polished hot-Beri-beri uncon mon. Japanese eat unpolished rice bi hot and could, with a larger proportion of cold-beri-beri almost a scourge. Mv theory may he wrong, but it is worth the attention of those who can work it out on seientific lines. Any way it seems that the Japanese soldiers when out at exercise or in war carry their cold rice in a special box. It was eaten cold and, as mentioned before, the soldiers suffered hadly from beri-beri; the eating of un- polished rice is no beri-beri preventative; at the same time there is no doubt un- polished rice is more nutritious.

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