Diet and Ill-Health in the Forest Country of the Gold Coast
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The author describes this small book as a ' paper' and this is a more or less correct definition because it is by no means a finished presentation of the subject. It is composed of two parts. Part I is devoted to a brief description of the general physical characters of certain tribes in the Gold Coast and the diets they consume. This is necessarily incomplete as proper analysis of the various foods has not yet been undertaken. Part II describes in brief, certain syndromes which
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