AGE, SEASON AND CLIMATE; ECONOMIC STATUS; PSYCHIC ELEMENT; PREDISPOSITION; EFFECT OF OTHER FOOD CONSTITUENTS; EXCITING FACTORS CHAPTER III THE ANTISCORBUTIC VITAMINE 62 CHARACTERISTICS: RELATION TO HEAT, DRYING, AGING, ULTRA-VIOLET RAYS, SHAKING 65 MODE OF ACTION--(_a_) DIRECT: AS A NUTRIMENT; ANTITOXIN; CATALYZER; (_b_) INDIRECT: ENDOCRINE ACTION 69 FATE IN THE BODY: STORING; CONTENT IN BLOOD; EXCRETION; FATE IN GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT; EFFECT ON DIGESTIVE PROCESSES 74 IRREGULARITIES OF ACTION; EFFECT ON GROWTH CHAPTER IV PATHOLOGY 81 (_a_) GROSS: GENERAL APPEARANCE; HEMORRHAGES; ANASARCA; HEART; LUNGS; ALIMENTARY TRACT AND ITS GLANDS; URINARY TRACT; LYMPH NODES; ORGANS OF INTERNAL SECRETION; BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD; BONES; (_b_) MICROSCOPIC: SKIN; MUSCLES; BLOOD-VESSELS; LUNGS; HEART; INTESTINAL TRACT AND ITS GLANDS; KIDNEY; ADRENALS; PANCREAS; THYMUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RETINA; BONES CHAPTER V EXPERIMENTAL SCURVY 111 HISTORICAL REVIEW PATHOGENESIS 116 PATHOLOGY: EFFECT ON THE FOETUS; SCURVY IN THE MONKEY; MICROSCOPIC PATHOLOGY; BONES; TEETH; NERVES; BLOOD VESSELS; INTERPRETATION OF BACTERIA IN THE TISSUES 122 SYMPTOMS 135 CHAPTER VI ANTISCORBUTIC FOODS 143 HISTORICAL REVIEW 143 MILK: RAW; PASTEURIZED; DRIED 150 FRUITS AND FRUIT JUICES: DRIED 153 VEGETABLES: CABBAGE; EFFECT OF HEATING. POTATO. SWEDE 158 DEHYDRATED VEGETABLES: CANNED FOODS (TOMATOES) 166 GERMINATED CEREALS AND PULSES; MEAT AND EGGS; BEER AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; MISCELLANEOUS CONCLUSIONS 173 CHAPTER VII SYMPTOMATOLOGY AND DIAGNOSIS 176 IN ADULTS 176