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      The evidence obtained from investigations on the Behar prisoners in Buxar
jail who ate Burma rice would thus appear to support the view that a relationship
exists between the amount of rice in the diet and the amount of urine passed.

(d) BHAGALPUR JAIL.

      Is the evidence of the Bhagalpur results of the same nature ?

      (i) On Table XVI will be found Batch I—five Behari prisoners on similar
diets, except for the varying quantities of country rice. They show the following
results:—

       Here is the same tendency to a diminished excretion of urine as appeared in
the other results. In this case also the amount of salt in the diets was constant
throughout.

       (ii) Table XVIII has one batch of prisoners—Batch III—in which the only
variation in the diets is in the amount of country rice. The following shows the
results:—

       The quantity of urine secreted by the batch when 8 ozs. of country rice was
given is higher than with the other quantities, otherwise the results point to the
same conclusion.

       We may again call attention to the much lower quantity of urine passed by
the prisoners in Bhagulpur jail than was the case in Buxar; the same observation
was made on comparing the quantities passed in Puri jail and in the Presidency
jail, Calcutta. In Puri and Bhagulpur jails country rice was the variety in use
whereas in the Presidency and Buxar jails Burma rice was given.

       The climatic conditions were very similar so far as the investigations in Buxar
and Bhagalpur jails are concerned, both jails being under investigation during the
months of January and February 1909 when the air was dry and the temper-
ature quite low for India.

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