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EDWARD L. COMPERE, M.D.; THELMA E. PORTER, PH.D.; LYDIA J. ROBERTS, PH.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1935;50(1):55-76.

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This investigation was undertaken for the purpose of determining the amount of irradiated dry yeast necessary for the cure of rickets in children and of making a comparison of the antirachitic potency of such yeast with that of cod liver oil by means of clinical findings. Yeast, which is one of the richest known sources of ergosterol, is easily given antirachitic potency by means of exposure to ultraviolet rays. This study was carried out experimentally by Hess and his collaborators¹ in 1924, and although the products yielded encouraging results in the preliminary tests the therapeutic uses of irradiated yeast have not been clinically determined. Its advantages appear to be its relative cheapness and the ease with which it may be administered, on account of both its consistency and its flavor.

Few clinical tests of irradiated yeast have been made. Kon and Mayzner² in Warsaw, Poland, carried out a . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Footnotes
The expense of the research was defrayed by a grant from The Quaker Oats Company, Chicago.

This project was carried out jointly in the laboratories of the Department of Surgery, Orthopedic Department, the University of Chicago Clinics, and of the Department of Home Economics and Household Administration, the University of Chicago.

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