(2) In a report of a paper read before the _Société de Biologie_, Paris, France, March 15th, 1902, by M. Max Marckwald, of Kreuznach, "ON DIGESTION OF MILK IN THE STOMACH OF FULL-GROWN DOGS," the following appears: "Hence these experiments confirm those of Horace Fletcher and Ernest H. Van Someren on the importance of prolonged mastication" (_translation_). Referring, as the latter statement does, to mastication (insalivation) of liquid, it gives an important suggestion relative to some probable causes of uncertain or defective digestion in human nutrition. INDEX A Abstinence, long abstinence from food harmless, 20, 133 Aggressive hospitality, 118 Alcohol, the abuse of, 135, 140 Alcoholic stimulant, 145 Amundsen, Captain, 185 Anderson, Doctor W. G., 18; begins Fletcherizing, 23; at Yale test, 24, _et seq._, 143 Appetite, 6; wait for a true, 10; selects simplest foods, 36, 136; is true hunger, 52; resting the, 56 Atwater, Professor, 12; his diet standard, 110 B Bacterial Decomposition, 58 Battle Creek Sanatorium, experiments on members, 21 Beer, how to take, 60, 121 Bowditch, Doctor H. P., 15, 125 Bradefagy, 65 Business men and Fletcherism, 41, 43 C Calorie, the heat unit, 61 Calorimeter, 6l Cannon, Doctor, 81, 125 Carbohydrates in human diet, 61 Chanute, 124 Chewing, and Fletcherism, 66; Mr. Gladstone on, 67 Chittenden, Professor, visited by Mr. Fletcher, 16; volunteers to experiment, 18; on careful chewing, 85 _et seq._; on head digestion, 83 Christian Endeavour Society, 44 Circumvalate papillæ, 9 Cornaro, Luigi, 118 D Decency and Fletcherism, 126 Delirium tremens, a cure, 153 Diet, prejudice against unaccustomed, 94 Diet standard, the best suited to economy and efficiency, 60; Voit's, 109 Dietetic righteousness, the Gospel of, 50, 128, _et seq._ Digestion-ash, the, 58, 59, 93 Dow, Hon. A. G., 49 E Economy of Fletcherism, 41 Emerson, 129 Endurance tests: Irving Fisher's, 21; Granger's and Wagner's, 21-22; Mr. Fletcher's at Yale, 24 _et seq._ Epicure, the true, 47 Excess of food, difficulty of getting rid of, 38; fermentation of, 47 Experiments: Someren, 13; Yale University, 16; Chittenden, 18; U. S. Army, 19; Irving Fisher's, 98; Seventh-Day Adventists, 151 F Fasting, the value of, 170 Fat, putting on, 70; Doctor Anderson on, 137 Fats in human diet, 61 Fermentation of undigested food, 47 Fisher, Professor Irving, endurance tests, 21; his endurance-testing-machine, 26; experiments with students, 98 Fletcher, Horace, refused by insurance company as poor risk, 2; at Galveston, Texas, 3; discovery of the mouth food-filter, 6; in the Philippines, 112; delivers address before New York Academy of Medicine, 128; at the Buffalo Club, 147