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Economy And Protein Malnutrition Among The Digo, Luther P. Gerlach

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

In short, even where protein malnutrition is primarily a result of poor environment, economy, and technology, other, often less obvious, traditional cultural patterns must be taken into account in any development and improvement program. If kwashiorkor is to be eliminated satisfactorily, and if contingent problems are to be kept to a minimum, these other patterns must often also be modified.

The importance of traditional cultural patterns is perhaps best illustrated by an example of a people who suffer from protein malnutrition primarily because of them. The Digo tribe of coastal Kenya and Tanganyika, among whom this writer conducted anthropological field …

Regeneration Studies By Transplantation Of Adrenal Tissue, Frank M. Noice

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

The regeneration ability of the adrenal gland has been observed and recorded by several investigators; however, reports of the method of regeneration have been conflicting. This study was conducted to attempt to learn more of the method of adrenal gland regeneration through transplantation studies.