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ELVIRA GOETTSCH, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1935;49(6):1441-1448.

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In 1928 von Szent-Györgyi¹ isolated a crystalline substance from plants and from the adrenal cortex of animals which he called hexuronic acid. Four years later Waugh and King² and Svirbely and von Szent-Györgyi³ suggested that this crystalline substance was identical with vitamin C. Work in many laboratories demonstrated the correctness of their suggestion, and in 1933 von Szent-Györgyi⁴ renamed the substance ascorbic acid. Recently this acid (now called cevitamic acid) has been synthesized from dextrose.⁵ It is a white crystalline powder with active reducing properties, and its formula is C₆H₈O₆. It is now available commercially in pure crystalline form for intravenous injection and in tablet form for oral administration. Recent biologic assays demonstrate that 20 mg. of cevitamic acid is equivalent to from 15 to 30 cc. of lemon juice.⁶

The present report deals with the effectiveness of cevitamic . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Department of Diseases of Children, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University.

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