CEVITAMIC ACID (ASCORBIC ACID; CRYSTALLINE VITAMIN C); A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF ITS USE IN CLINICAL MEDICINE
Authors: Irving S. Wright
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1938)

Article1 October 1938CEVITAMIC ACID (ASCORBIC ACID; CRYSTALLINE VITAMIN C); A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF ITS USE IN CLINICAL MEDICINEIRVING S. WRIGHT, A.B., M.D., F.A.C.P.IRVING S. WRIGHT, A.B., M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-12-4-516 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe fact that cevitamic acid can be chemically analyzed, synthesized and recovered from body tissues and fluids has resulted in a tremendous impetus being given to its study. Out of the work already reported (50 to 100 articles per month for the past three years) has emerged a mass of material made up of truths, errors and debatable questions of which the last mentioned group constitutes the major portion.Four general statements may now be made, however, with reasonable certainty, as follows:1. 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