Proteins and Amino Acids in Nutrition

PROTEINS and AMINO ACIDS in NUTRITION by MELVILLE SAHYUN. First Published in New York 1948. Melville Sahyun CARL Louis AUGUST SCHMIDT Born on March 7, 1885, in Brown County, South Dakota. From 1924 until he passed away on February 23, 1946, in Berkeley, he was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, California. Acknowledgment Early in 1945 the late Professor Carl L. A. Schmidt and the editor con ferred on the selection of topics for this volume. There was hope at that time that Professor Schmidt could participate in the writing of one chapter. It was soon realized that this was not possible and the editor undertook complete responsibility. However, despite his failing health, Professor Schmidt maintained a deep interest in this undertaking to the very end in fact I was en route to Berkeley to visit him when I heard of his untimely death. Dr. Schmidt was not only a scientist and a teacher but a true friend with unselfish intere