The Australasian Medical Gazette, Vol. 26: The Journal of the Austalasian Branches of the British Medical Association; From January to December, 1905, Rennie George E.

When worked out, this gives us an average yield of grammes (865 grains) starch in the barley-water from two teaspoonfuls pearl barley. Every 100 parts by weight of barley yield an average of 31 l parts by weight of starch in the barley-water. Pearl barley contains about 78 per cent. Of its weight as starch, and, calculating from this, we find that 40 per cent. Of the total amount of starch in the original barley is extracted in the above process, and enters into the barley-water which is strained off for use.

Two experiments were made with rice-water, using an exactly similar recipe. Two heaped teaspoonfuls weighed on an average 21 gm.

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