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837 FORTIFIED BREAD EFFECT OF CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTS ON INVALIDS THE Medical Research Council have issued the follow- ing statement giving the views of their food rationing (special diets) advisory committee on the likely’ effects on invalids of bread fortified with calcium, as proposed in the memo published in THE LANCET of May 31 (p. 703). The exigencies of the present situation have forced upon the people of the country a diet which requires, if health is to be maintained, the addition of a supplement of calcium salts. The need for this supplement is brought about in two main ways. First, the war-time diet tends to be deficient in available calcium, especially since restrictions have been imposed upon the sale of milk and eggs. Second, the high content of cereal foods in the diet increases the amount of calcium it is necessary to ingest ; this is partly because most cereals are deficient in calcium but also because the presence of phytic acid in cereals often prevents the body, from making use of the calcium they contain. The Ministry of Food have asked the Food Rationing (Special Diets) Advisory Committee whether the addition of small supplements of calcium salts to flour would be in any way deleterious to invalids. In reply the committee expressed the opinion that " There is neither medical nor scientific evidence that the consumption of bread made from flour fortified by the addition of appropriate quantities of calcium salts is harmful to patients suffering from any type of disease." This opinion was based on the following considerations. It has been proposed by the Accessory Food Factors Committee of the Lister Institute and of the Medical Research Council that 14 oz. of calcium carbonate be added to each 280 lb. of 85% extracted flour and 7 oz. of calcium carbonate to each 280 lb. of white flour. Expressing these quantities in other terms it can be said that 1 lb. of the " fortified " 85% extracted flour and 2 lb. of the ’’ fortified " white flour contain slightly less calcium than 1 pint of fresh milk. There can therefore be no objection to the use of this fortified flour on the grounds that it will result in the consump- tion by invalids of harmful amounts of calcium. It is, however, necessary to dispel a current misconception with regard to the qualitative aspect of this fortification. It has been suggested that the consumption of fortified flour might have a deleterious effect upon certain invalids, not because of the increased calcium content but because the calcium added to it is in a form-the carbonate of calcium-different from that which exists naturally in food and that this carbonate of calcium is harmful. This criticism appears to be ill-founded. There is direct evidence obtained on human beings that the calcium of calcium carbonate is as available to the body as that of calcium phosphate. -In an easily assimilable food, such as milk, calcium is in the form of a combination with a phosphoric acid, a common normal component of animal tissues ; in calcium carbonate, calcium is also present as the salt of an acid of widespread occurrence in living tissues. In both cases, the calcium is split off from the acid during the process of digestion, and it is absorbed into the body in the same form in each case. The following appointments and awards have been made for brave conduct in civil defence : ’ M.B.E.—Dr. J. D. Dillon (Greenwich), Dr. Daniel Millar (Glasgow), Dr. J. S. Ord (Glasgow) and Dr. H. Glyn Jones (Lambeth). George medal.—Dr. Laura Bateman (Shooter’s Hill), Captain Hugh Davidson Miller, R.A.M.C. A meeting of the Tuberculosis Association will be held at 11 A.M., on Saturday, July 5, at 26, Portland Place, London, W.I. In the morning Dr. H. E. Magee will read a paper on war-time diets and pulmonary tuberculosis and Dr. George Day on some experiments in diet. In the afternoon Prof. H. J. Seddon will speak on joint tuberculosis with special reference to the spine and sacro-iliac joints. The 100th annual meeting of the Royal Medico-Psychological Association will be held at noon on Thursday, July 17, at 11, Chandos Street, London, W.l. At 2 P.M. in the Barnes Hall, R.S.M., papers will be read on Ear, Nose and Throat Disease in Mental Disorder. Medical News Rockefeller Medical Studentships 1941 The selection committee, of which Sir John Stopford is chairman, has chosen the following 26 students out of more than 90 applicants for overseas clinical training. They will be allocated to 19 different university medical schools in the U.S.A. and Canada. These studentships are in the first instance tenable for one year, renewable on the recommenda- tion of the American dean. Naine JJ1edical School Name lledical School J. Badenoch.. Oxford M. A. O’Hea .. Glasgow C. W. Bartley London D. A. Pond.. Cambridge Hospital G. Rankine.. St. Andrews E. F. B. Cadman Liverpool I R. J. Scothorne Leeds J. Davies .. Leeds J. Sharp .. Manchester D. A. W. Edwards Cambridge I R. H. Shephard Univ. Coll., M. A. Floyer .. Cambridge London J. B. Gibson.. Edinburgh i J. V. Shepheard Liverpool R. H. Gosling.. Birming- ’ J. P. Shillingford London ham ! Hospital 1. R. Gray.. Univ. Coll., J. D. Stephens.. St. Andrews London , J. M. Stowers.. Cambridge P. J. Hare.. Univ. Coll., G. I. M. Swyer.. Oxford London I J. M. Tanner St. Mary’a P. R. A. May .. Cambridge 1. P. Todd St. Bart’s 5 M. Newton.. Cambridge R. G. Turner Cambridge Hospitals and Petrol The Ministry of Health has notified authorities with hospitals included in the E.M.S., and all voluntary hospitals included in the service, that petrol supplies are to be reduced. It is important there should be no waste of petrol, so the use of motor vehicles should be restricted to the minimum necessary for the effective execution of hospital duties. Ling Physical Education Association Dr. M. Burbury, medical director of the Manchester Child Guidance Clinic, will lecture to the Leeds and District Swedish Gymnastic Association on July 5, on " Interactions of Mind and Body." Dr. G. Prince, assistant medical officer at Leeds, will open a group discussion on cooperation between the school medical officer and the gymnastic teacher. A discus- sion on the broad aspect of the youth movement will be opened by Prof. Frank Smith and Miss D. Edwards-Rees, youth organiser to the West Riding County Council. Practical classes in gymnastics, national dancing, vaulting and play- ground games will be held. Births, Marriages and Deaths BIRTHS CHESHIRE.—On June 20, the wife of Dr. Peter Cheshire, of Lincoln- a son. DOUGLASS.—On June 12, at Harrow Weald, Middlesex, the wife of Dr. W. Michael Douglass-a daughter. FELL.-On June 21, at St. Mary’s Hospital, W.2, the wife of Dr. David W. Fell, of Colchester-a son. HARDMAN.—On June 19, at Gillingham, Kent, the wife of Surgeon Lieutenant G. L. Hardman, R.N.-a daughter. HOLFORD.—On June 23, at Worcester, the wife of Surgeon Lieut.- Commander J. M. Holford, R.N.—a son. MACLELLAN.—On June 18, at Girvan, the wife of Surgeon Lieutenant P. Desmond MacLellan, R.N.V.R.-a daughter. PEARSON.—On June 16, at Hartley Wintney, the wife of Dr. Rupert Bruce Pearson-a daughter. SLEE.-On June 19, at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, the wife of Surgeon Lieutenant M. A. Slee, R.N.V.R.-a son. TRUELOVE.—On June 21, at Cambridge, the wife of Captain S. C. Truelove, R.A.M.C.—a daughter. MARRIAGES DAVIES—BEES.—On June 17, at Prestatyn, David Joseph Davies, M.B., captain R.A.M.C., of Bargoed, Glam, to Betty Mary Bees, of Knowle, Warws. DICKINS—ARGENT.—On June 12, at Worcester, Sidney J. 0. Dickins, M.D., of Cowfold, to Eleanor Argent. HESKETH—MIDDLETON.—On June 21, at Taunton, John Smallshaw Hesketh, M.R.C.S., of Southport, to Jean Hughes Middleton. HOOKER—PINNINGTON.—On June 21, A. Gordon Hooker, M.R.C.S., lieutenant R.A.M.C., of Harpenden, to Joan Pinnington, of Romiley, Cheshire. ROBINSON-MONK.-On June 12, at Penge, Richard Garwood Robinson, M.B., flying officer R.A.F.V.R., to Florence Ellen Monk. DEATHS BARTON.-On June 23, at Norwich, Samuel J. Barton, M.D. Dubl., aged 89. DANVERS-ATKINSON.—On June 22, at Southminster, Frederick Cecil Edgar Danvers-Atkinson, M.B. Lond. SING.-On June 23, at Cadogan Gardens, S.W.3, Wilfrid MacDonald Sing, M.D. Camb., aged 71. WINCHESTER.—On June 21, in London, George Chisholm Winchester, M.B. Edin., of Ealing (late of Assam).
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FORTIFIED BREAD
EFFECT OF CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTS ON INVALIDS
THE Medical Research Council have issued the follow-ing statement giving the views of their food rationing(special diets) advisory committee on the likely’ effectson invalids of bread fortified with calcium, as proposedin the memo published in THE LANCET of May 31(p. 703).The exigencies of the present situation have forced
upon the people of the country a diet which requires, ifhealth is to be maintained, the addition of a supplementof calcium salts. The need for this supplement is broughtabout in two main ways. First, the war-time diet tendsto be deficient in available calcium, especially sincerestrictions have been imposed upon the sale of milk andeggs. Second, the high content of cereal foods in the dietincreases the amount of calcium it is necessary to ingest ;this is partly because most cereals are deficient incalcium but also because the presence of phytic acid incereals often prevents the body, from making use of thecalcium they contain. The Ministry of Food have askedthe Food Rationing (Special Diets) Advisory Committeewhether the addition of small supplements of calciumsalts to flour would be in any way deleterious to invalids.In reply the committee expressed the opinion that" There is neither medical nor scientific evidence that theconsumption of bread made from flour fortified by theaddition of appropriate quantities of calcium salts isharmful to patients suffering from any type of disease."This opinion was based on the following considerations.
It has been proposed by the Accessory Food FactorsCommittee of the Lister Institute and of the MedicalResearch Council that 14 oz. of calcium carbonate beadded to each 280 lb. of 85% extracted flour and 7 oz.of calcium carbonate to each 280 lb. of white flour.Expressing these quantities in other terms it can besaid that 1 lb. of the " fortified " 85% extractedflour and 2 lb. of the ’’ fortified " white flour containslightly less calcium than 1 pint of fresh milk. Therecan therefore be no objection to the use of this fortifiedflour on the grounds that it will result in the consump-tion by invalids of harmful amounts of calcium. It is,however, necessary to dispel a current misconceptionwith regard to the qualitative aspect of this fortification.It has been suggested that the consumption of fortifiedflour might have a deleterious effect upon certaininvalids, not because of the increased calcium contentbut because the calcium added to it is in a form-thecarbonate of calcium-different from that which existsnaturally in food and that this carbonate of calcium isharmful. This criticism appears to be ill-founded.There is direct evidence obtained on human beings thatthe calcium of calcium carbonate is as available to thebody as that of calcium phosphate. -In an easilyassimilable food, such as milk, calcium is in the form of acombination with a phosphoric acid, a common normalcomponent of animal tissues ; in calcium carbonate,calcium is also present as the salt of an acid of widespreadoccurrence in living tissues. In both cases, the calciumis split off from the acid during the process of digestion,and it is absorbed into the body in the same form in eachcase.
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The following appointments and awards have been made forbrave conduct in civil defence :
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M.B.E.—Dr. J. D. Dillon (Greenwich), Dr. Daniel Millar(Glasgow), Dr. J. S. Ord (Glasgow) and Dr. H. Glyn Jones (Lambeth).
George medal.—Dr. Laura Bateman (Shooter’s Hill), Captain HughDavidson Miller, R.A.M.C.
A meeting of the Tuberculosis Association will be held at11 A.M., on Saturday, July 5, at 26, Portland Place, London,W.I. In the morning Dr. H. E. Magee will read a paper onwar-time diets and pulmonary tuberculosis and Dr. GeorgeDay on some experiments in diet. In the afternoon Prof.H. J. Seddon will speak on joint tuberculosis with specialreference to the spine and sacro-iliac joints.
The 100th annual meeting of the Royal Medico-PsychologicalAssociation will be held at noon on Thursday, July 17, at 11,Chandos Street, London, W.l. At 2 P.M. in the Barnes Hall,R.S.M., papers will be read on Ear, Nose and Throat Diseasein Mental Disorder.
Medical News
Rockefeller Medical Studentships 1941The selection committee, of which Sir John Stopford is
chairman, has chosen the following 26 students out of morethan 90 applicants for overseas clinical training. They willbe allocated to 19 different university medical schools in theU.S.A. and Canada. These studentships are in the firstinstance tenable for one year, renewable on the recommenda-tion of the American dean.
Naine JJ1edical School Name lledical SchoolJ. Badenoch.. Oxford M. A. O’Hea .. GlasgowC. W. Bartley London D. A. Pond.. Cambridge
Hospital G. Rankine.. St. AndrewsE. F. B. Cadman Liverpool I R. J. Scothorne LeedsJ. Davies .. Leeds J. Sharp .. ManchesterD. A. W. Edwards Cambridge I R. H. Shephard Univ. Coll.,M. A. Floyer .. Cambridge LondonJ. B. Gibson.. Edinburgh i J. V. Shepheard LiverpoolR. H. Gosling.. Birming- ’ J. P. Shillingford London
ham ! Hospital1. R. Gray.. Univ. Coll., J. D. Stephens.. St. Andrews
London , J. M. Stowers.. CambridgeP. J. Hare.. Univ. Coll., G. I. M. Swyer.. Oxford
London I J. M. Tanner St. Mary’aP. R. A. May .. Cambridge 1. P. Todd St. Bart’s 5M. Newton.. Cambridge R. G. Turner Cambridge
Hospitals and PetrolThe Ministry of Health has notified authorities with
hospitals included in the E.M.S., and all voluntary hospitalsincluded in the service, that petrol supplies are to be reduced.It is important there should be no waste of petrol, so the use ofmotor vehicles should be restricted to the minimum necessaryfor the effective execution of hospital duties.
Ling Physical Education AssociationDr. M. Burbury, medical director of the Manchester Child
Guidance Clinic, will lecture to the Leeds and District SwedishGymnastic Association on July 5, on
" Interactions of Mind
and Body." Dr. G. Prince, assistant medical officer at Leeds,will open a group discussion on cooperation between theschool medical officer and the gymnastic teacher. A discus-sion on the broad aspect of the youth movement will beopened by Prof. Frank Smith and Miss D. Edwards-Rees,youth organiser to the West Riding County Council. Practicalclasses in gymnastics, national dancing, vaulting and play-ground games will be held.
Births, Marriages and Deaths
BIRTHSCHESHIRE.—On June 20, the wife of Dr. Peter Cheshire, of Lincoln-
a son.DOUGLASS.—On June 12, at Harrow Weald, Middlesex, the wife of
Dr. W. Michael Douglass-a daughter.FELL.-On June 21, at St. Mary’s Hospital, W.2, the wife of Dr.
David W. Fell, of Colchester-a son.HARDMAN.—On June 19, at Gillingham, Kent, the wife of Surgeon
Lieutenant G. L. Hardman, R.N.-a daughter.HOLFORD.—On June 23, at Worcester, the wife of Surgeon Lieut.-
Commander J. M. Holford, R.N.—a son.MACLELLAN.—On June 18, at Girvan, the wife of Surgeon
Lieutenant P. Desmond MacLellan, R.N.V.R.-a daughter.PEARSON.—On June 16, at Hartley Wintney, the wife of Dr. Rupert
Bruce Pearson-a daughter.SLEE.-On June 19, at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, the wife of
Surgeon Lieutenant M. A. Slee, R.N.V.R.-a son.TRUELOVE.—On June 21, at Cambridge, the wife of Captain S. C.
Truelove, R.A.M.C.—a daughter.
MARRIAGESDAVIES—BEES.—On June 17, at Prestatyn, David Joseph Davies,
M.B., captain R.A.M.C., of Bargoed, Glam, to Betty Mary Bees,of Knowle, Warws.
DICKINS—ARGENT.—On June 12, at Worcester, Sidney J. 0.Dickins, M.D., of Cowfold, to Eleanor Argent.
HESKETH—MIDDLETON.—On June 21, at Taunton, John SmallshawHesketh, M.R.C.S., of Southport, to Jean Hughes Middleton.
HOOKER—PINNINGTON.—On June 21, A. Gordon Hooker, M.R.C.S.,lieutenant R.A.M.C., of Harpenden, to Joan Pinnington, ofRomiley, Cheshire.
ROBINSON-MONK.-On June 12, at Penge, Richard GarwoodRobinson, M.B., flying officer R.A.F.V.R., to Florence EllenMonk.
DEATHSBARTON.-On June 23, at Norwich, Samuel J. Barton, M.D. Dubl.,
aged 89.DANVERS-ATKINSON.—On June 22, at Southminster, Frederick
Cecil Edgar Danvers-Atkinson, M.B. Lond.SING.-On June 23, at Cadogan Gardens, S.W.3, Wilfrid
MacDonald Sing, M.D. Camb., aged 71.WINCHESTER.—On June 21, in London, George Chisholm Winchester,
M.B. Edin., of Ealing (late of Assam).
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