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Caption: Book - History of the University (Nevins)
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EXPERIMENTS IN NUTRITION 337 ering both the normal and the abnormal activities of the club members. Sufficient preliminary work had already been done in the field of nutrition, with encouragement from the Department of Agriculture, to make certain the pursuit of the most significant lines of research. For the expenses of this unprecedentedly large and careful study the American Meat Packers' Association appropriated $50,000, and the University set aside generous sums. A huge mass of material was collected, and slowly interpreted. By the spring of 1910 thirtyeight separate papers on the investigations had been published, many both in scientific publications and in bulletin form. By the end of 1912 three volumes of 500 pages each had been brought forth, and data remained to fill three or four volumes more. In the editing of these results the University had the cooperation of an advisory board of faculty members of Yale, Harvard, the University of Chicago, and Washington University. The most important results established by these nutrition investigations, which are being continued, can here be stated but briefly. The surprising fact was shown, and abundantly confirmed, that nitrates are formed in the human organism. J | I t was shown that there are significant seasonal variations in many of the nutritional processes of man. The influence of different classes of food upon human health was demonstrated, and a series of sound rations arrived at. It was proved that the cheaper cuts of meat are, when properly prepared, just as wholesome and nutritious as the more expensive. A precise method of roasting meats, by which they were given the utmost palatability, digestibility, and nutritious value, was perfected, and the results embodied in a fireless cooker.; SThe nutrition of man in disease was studied, and model diets formulated.
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