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Show HULL OF RICE AS ' . BERI BERI PREVENTIVE WASHINGTON, Sept. 11. Just why tha removal of the thin brows husk oa tha grains of rye should eansa that terrible disease, beri beri, when the polished riee ia. consumed ia tropical eoontriea. ia a medical mystery. But some time ago ths military surgeons, who have beea studying this disease in tha Philippiaes, concluded that natives who ate the unpolished rice were immune. im-mune. Reports to tha surgeon geserai 'a oAca tha laet year appear to sustaia fully this view of tka cause of ban beri. Proceeding to apply their theory practically by feeding tha native Philippine Phil-ippine soldiers oa tba unpolished rice, the army medical officers aava practically practic-ally ' eradicated beri beri among tbe troopa, there having beea but one case among the Philippine scouts during ths trst 4ve months of the present year. Tha surgeons are confident that another an-other year -will entirely wipe out the disease among tha sr.onte. As tba civilian natives generally nse tha unpolished un-polished rice for food because it ia cheaper thaa the polished graia. tbe diaeasa is scarcely kaowa emoag them. |