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Data were collected from school boys, young women, young men and elderly men relative to the effect of the breakfast regimen on control of body weight. The data showed that omission of breakfast was ineffective in weight-reducing regimens, and that the most effective way to control weight was to gear the daily food intake to each individual so that he eats more, less, or the same amount of food necessary for daily energy requirements. It was also found that the nutritional principles involved applied to all ages and both sexes alike.

SummaryElevated body temperature decreased the level of ascorbic acid in the blood, and also the excretion in the urine. This decreased excretion in the urine as found in this study and as reported for infectious cases with fever would seem to be due to the increased temperature and not to the invading organism.

The opportunity of observing a patient with an ileostomy led to the following studies on the consistency, color, water and nitrogen content and time of appearance of the material from the small intestine. The reaction of the ileal contents, degree of absorption of the various products of digestion and the exchange of minerals at this level are questions which have been inadequately studied. Reports of work on patients and animals with fistulas, at various points or with varying lengths of the colon excised, have been published from time to time. The best of the early work is probably that of Heile,1who used dogs with ileocecal fistulas. He found that absorption of nitrogen was nearly complete, i. e., 98 per cent on a moderate intake of meat and 88 per cent with great overfeeding. The absorption of carbohydrates fed in the form of rice and sugar was also complete

IN SPITE of a more aggressive approach in the treatment of malignant disease of the upper intestinal tract that has come about during the past few years, there still remains a large group of unfortunate people on whom even palliative extirpation of their lesions cannot be safely performed. We still encounter, therefore, as a result of obstruction, pain, or persistent fistulae, situations in which for a considerable length of time feeding through an artificial stoma must be utilized. Our experience with permanent gastrostomy at such times has not been too rewarding. In spite of the many techniques available, sooner or later most gastrostomy stomas leak or develop an unpleasant odor. The frequency of feeding becomes a nuisance, not only to the patient but to his entire household. This has led us to reexplore the efficacy of jejunal feedings when such feedings are required. Of the four principal varieties of jejunostomy