THE BERIBERI PROBLEM: A CORRECTION.

To the Editor, The Indian Medical Gazette.

Sir,?With reference to the article by Major R. N. Chopra, i.M.S., and myself in your issue for last January, will you very kindly publish this letter in your next issue to correct the clerical error which was made in stating that "

Fraser failed to produce beriberi in pri- soners fed on polished rice." It is, of course, well known that Fraser and Stanton, 1909 (Lancet, Vol. I, February 13th), clearly showed that white rice was

concerned in the production of beriberi.?Yours, etc.,

H. W. ACTON, Major, i.m.s.,

Calcutta School op Tropical Mrdicine, 6th February, 1925.