SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE CIRCULATION DURING RECOVERY FROM VITAMIN B_1 DEFICIENCY
Authors: Reno R. Porter, Roger S. Downs
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1942)

Article1 October 1942SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE CIRCULATION DURING RECOVERY FROM VITAMIN B1 DEFICIENCYRENO R. PORTER, M.D., ROGER S. DOWNS, M.D.RENO R. PORTER, M.D., ROGER S. DOWNS, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-17-4-645 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptObservations on the cardiovascular disturbances accompanying vitamin B1 deficiency in man have accumulated rapidly during the past decade. Aalsmeer and Wenckebach1 and Keefer7 described the cardiac form of beriberi occurring in the Orient. Scott and Herrmann12 found similar cases of cardiac failure among the rice cultivators of Louisiana who developed the "maladie des jambes" each autumn when the diet consisted of polished rice and bacon grease.Minot, Strauss and Cobb9recognized the importance of nutritional deficiency and especially deficiency of vitamin B1in the etiology of "alcoholic" polyneuritis and compared this condition to beriberi. A few years later Weiss and...Bibliography1. AALSMEERWENCKEBACH WCKF: Herz und Kreislauf bei der Beri-beri-Krankheit, Wien. Arch. f. inn. Med., 1929, xvi, 193. Google Scholar2. GIBSONEVANS JGWA: Clinical studies of the blood volume. I. Clinical application of a method employing the azo dye "Evans Blue" and the spectrophotometer, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1937, xvi, 301. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. GROLLMAN A: The cardiac output of man in health and disease, 1932, Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Ill. Google Scholar4. GROLLMANFRIEDMANCLARKHARRISON ABGTR: Studies in congestive heart failure. 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YOUMANS, M.D., Ph.D.Physiologic observations on a case of beriberi heart disease, with a note on the acute effects of thiamineTHE EFFECT OF VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES UPON THE METABOLISM OF CARDIAC MUSCLE IN VITROObservations on beriberi heart disease 1 October 1942Volume 17, Issue 4Page: 645-658KeywordsAlcoholicsBeriberiDietEtiologyHeart failureHospital medicineMalnutrition Issue Published: 1 October 1942 PDF DownloadLoading ...