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MEASURED BY THE ACETONE-METHYLENE BLUE METHOD

IRA A. MANVILLE, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1929;37(5):972-996.

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In 1919, Huldschinsky¹ pointed out the value of ultraviolet rays in the healing of rickets. Somewhat later, Hess and Unger² and others reported that sunlight possessed the same beneficial action on rickets that ultraviolet light had. According to McCollum,³ cod liver oil has been used for at least one hundred years for conditions that were probably of a rachitic nature. The ability of medical agencies as well as of hygienic ones to affect favorably the outcome of a rachitic process moved Park, Powers and Guy⁴ to remark that "the similarity between the action of cod liver oil and that of radiant energy in rickets is so close that a connection must exist between them."

In 1924, Hess⁵ and Steenbock and Nelson,⁶ working indepently, were able to demonstrate that various foods known to be inadequate in the cure of rickets could be made therapeutically potent . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
PORTLAND, ORE.

From the Department of Physiology, University of Oregon School of Medicine.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, Dec. 11, 1928.

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