Ceylon Journal of Science *Ceylon Journal of Science, 1936. 'A Nutritional Survey of the Poorer Classes in Ceylon'. By Lucius Nicholls, M.D., B.C.

Lucius A Nicholls, BA, BL, LSA, MB, B Chir, MD, CMG: father of nutritional science in Sri Lanka.

Oro-Genital Syndrome in Avitaminosis *Being a paper read at the scientific section of the Bihar Provincial Medical Conference at Chapra, January 1943.

an outbreak of ' exfoliative glossitis ' associated with Assuring at the angles of the mouth in the jail population of this country. Later Nicholls (1934) reported the incidence of this particular labial lesion, i.e. angular stomatitis, along with phrynoderma in poorer school children and inmates of asylums in Ceylon. The existence of angular stomatitis amongst the prison population of the Mala...

Evidence based medicine--a reply.

Nerve and Cord Degeneration Referable to Vitamin-A Deficiency

In 1933 I inspected a large number of prisoners in the jails of Ceylon for signs and symptoms of nutritional deficiencies. The results were reported in this journal (Nicholls, 1933). The conditions which were attributed to vitamin-A deficiency were :?a papular dry skin eruption (phrynoderma), night blindness, dimness of sight, xerophthalmia, keratomalacia, a lowered resistance to dysentery, and...

Prosthetic Group of Tea Oxidase

This investigation was carried out at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, where spectroscope facilities were available. The author is indebted to Sir J. C. Ghosh, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalowe, for laboratory accommodation and to Mr M. Srinivasaya, Head of the Fermentation Technology Section at the Institute, for much helpful advice and discussion. Thanks are also due...