. The literary digest. deserve the term vegetable beef-steak. Their nitrogen is largely in the form of non-proteidbodies. The amount of fat, cholesterin, soluble carbohydrates,crude fiber, and inorganic substances contained in them corre-sponds in general with that found in other vegetable foods, suchas peas, corn, and potatoes. Professor Chittenden reported theresults of some preliminary experiments upon the toxicity of somespecies of poisonous mushrooms, made by Dr. W. S. Carter(University of Texas). In view of the great interest now shownin the edibility of mushrooms, the investigations of
. The literary digest. deserve the term vegetable beef-steak. Their nitrogen is largely in the form of non-proteidbodies. The amount of fat, cholesterin, soluble carbohydrates,crude fiber, and inorganic substances contained in them corre-sponds in general with that found in other vegetable foods, suchas peas, corn, and potatoes. Professor Chittenden reported theresults of some preliminary experiments upon the toxicity of somespecies of poisonous mushrooms, made by Dr. W. S. Carter(University of Texas). In view of the great interest now shownin the edibility of mushrooms, the investigations of the commis-sion, which are being actively continued, will prove of immediatepractical value. THE SAVING OF INFANT LIFE. WE gave a few weeks ago a brief notice of Dr. Lions incu-bators, and we are now able to present our readers witha more detailed account of the use and results of this method, bywhich the lives of so many feeble babes have been saved. Thearticle from which we quote is taken from the editorial pages of. AN .\ND ITS PRECIOUS CONTENTS. The Health Magazine (New York, January). The impulsethat led to the perfection of the incubator system is explained bythe author to be the much-discussed decrease of population inFrance. He says: The vital statistics of France show an appalling mortalityamong infants. One hundred and fifty thousand prematurebirths occur annually, ranging, according to place and condition,from 15 to 30 per cent, of the birth-rate, and this estimate doesnot comprise the entire number of weakly children, who are al-most doomed to death from their birth. French specialists assertthat of the number of infants born at a normal stage, over 50,000are unendowed with sufficient vitality to live beyond the earliestdays of babyhood. He who devises measures to overcome the decimating of thepopulation from excessive infant mortality arising out of the rav-ages of disease, unfavorable environment, or existing social evils,is truly a benefactor of his ra
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