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Publish Date: 1913/06/21
Volume: 60, Issue: 25, Pages: 1961-1961
Abstract
METABOLISM STUDIES IN PELLAGRA In a recent number1 we referred to the dietary studies which have been conducted by the Illinois Pellagra Commission in the attempt to elucidate the baffling problems connected with the incidence of pellagra in some of the institutions of the Middle West Those studies were confined almost entirely to the question of the adequacy of the dietaries and the possibility of discoverable deficiencies in respect to their general makeup Under the auspices of the Thompson—McFadden Pellagra Commission of the New York Post—Graduate Medical School and Hospital Drs Myers and Fine have attempted to extend our knowledge of the metabolism in this disease by painstaking investigation of a number of pellagrins These newest studies include a very comprehensive examination of the intake and output of individuals exhibiting the disease in various stages of severity The detailed results cannot be reproduced here2 It appears
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