Pr't. Fat. C'rb. Cal. N.R. Hutchison: Man, moderate muscular work 125 50 500 3027 4.9 Atwater: " " " " 125 ... ... 3400 6.2 Voit: " " " " 118 56 500 2965 5.5 Atwater: Woman, light to moderate muscular work, or Man without muscular exercise 90 ... ... 2450 6.1 Football teams, Connecticut and California, U.S. 226 354 634 6590 6.6 Russian peasants 129 33 589 3165 5.4 Negro families--Alabama and Virginia 86 145 440 3395 9.3 Labourers-Lombardy (diet, mostly vegetable) 82 40 362 2192 5.5 Japanese, on vegetable diet (_a_) 71 12 396 2026 6.0 Trappist monk, in Cloisters-vegetable diet 68 11 469 2304 7.3 Java village--Columbia Exposition, 1893 66 19 254 1450 4.7 Sewing girl-London (3/9 per week) 53 33 316 1820 7.3 German vegetarians 54 22 573 2775 11.6 German labourers' family (poor circumstances) 52 32 287 1640 7.2 Dr. T.R.A.--wheatmeal bread and water only (_b_) 82 8.5 470 2342 6.0 Man--3 years' exclusively vegetable diet (_c_) 54 22 557 2710 11.2 Thomas Wood, the miller of Billericay (_d_) 55 5.7 313 1560 6.0 Dr. Alexander Haig considers that 88 grammes of proteid is required by a man leading a decidedly active life. NOTES.--(_a_) The Japanese are of small stature and weight. (_b_) One of a series of experiments by A.W. Blyth, 1888. 1-1/2 lbs. of wheatmeal per day was required for equilibrium; sedentary occupation, with a daily walk of six miles. (_c_) See "A Text Book of Physiology," by M. Foster, 5th edition, part ii., p. 839; the diet was bread, fruit and oil. The man was in apparently good health and stationary weight; only 59 per cent. of the proteids were digested, leaving the small quantity of 32 grammes available for real use. In commenting upon this, Professor Foster writes:--"We cannot authoritatively say that such a reduction is necessarily an evil; for our knowledge will not at present permit us to make an authoritative exact statement as to the extent to which the proteid may be reduced without disadvantage to the body, when accompanied by adequate provision of the other elements of food; and this statement holds good whether the body be undertaking a small or large amount of labour." (_d_) The Miller of Billericay's case is quoted by Dr. Carpenter, and also by Dr. Pavy. It was reported to the College of Physicians in 1767 by Sir George Baker. A remarkable degree of vigour is said to have been sustained for upwards of eighteen years on no other nutriment than 16 oz. of flour, made into a pudding with water, no other liquid of any kind being taken.