5 APRIL 1924, Page 3

The New York correspondent of the Times stated, in Tuesday's

paper, that the American Chemical Society had confirmed the importance of Dr. Walter Eddy's claim to have isolated vitamins. According to the Chemical Society's statement, the new material is definite, chemical and individual. It is crystalline and has a melting point of 288 deg. Centigrade. The vitamin is present in growing yeast in the proportion of 1 part in 40,000. When it is taken away the yeast practically ceases to grow, but when the vitamin is restored the yeast is revitalized and grows continuously.

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