VITAMIN STATUS OF THE POPULATION OF THE WEST COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND WITH EMPHASIS ON VITAMIN C
Authors: Ellen Mcdevitt, Margaret A. Dove, Robert F. Dove, Irving S. Wright
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Article1 January 1944VITAMIN STATUS OF THE POPULATION OF THE WEST COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND WITH EMPHASIS ON VITAMIN CELLEN MCDEVITT, A. B., MARGARET A. DOVE, B.SC., ROBERT F. DOVE, M.D., IRVING S. WRIGHT, M.D., F.A.C.P.ELLEN MCDEVITT, A. B.Search for more papers by this author, MARGARET A. DOVE, B.SC.Search for more papers by this author, ROBERT F. DOVE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, IRVING S. WRIGHT, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-20-1-1 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe isolation and synthesis of many of the vitamins have given a tremendous impetus to the study of nutrition throughout the world. Investigations have been conducted in various countries in widely separated areas of the globe to determine the actual vitamin status of the population and to establish, if possible, its relationship to health and disease in these areas.1During the past year a survey has been carried out to determine the effects of prolonged deprivation of normal dietary intake of vitamins upon members of the population of the West Coast of Newfoundland.The purpose of this paper is twofold:...Bibliography1. FOX FW: Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and human nutrition: i. A critical review of the more recent literature, Proc. Transvaal Mine Med. Officers Assoc., 1940, xix, 1. Google Scholar2. FARMERABT CJAF: Determination of reduced ascorbic acid in small amounts of blood, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1936, xxxiv, 146. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. WRIGHTLILIENFELDMACLENATHEN ISAE: Determination of vitamin C saturation, Arch. Int. Med., 1937, lx, 264. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. WRIGHTLILIENFELD ISA: Pharmacologic and therapeutic properties of crystalline vitamin C (cevitamic acid) with especial reference to its effects on capillary fragility, Arch. Int. Med., 1936, lvii, 271. Google Scholar5. SPIESSASAKICROSS TDYES: A note on the relationship of porphyrinuria to human pellagra, South. Med. Jr., 1938, xxxi, 483. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. MCDEVITTDOVEDOVEWRIGHT EMRFIS: Selective filtration of vitamin C by the placenta, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1942, li, 289. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. WHITBYBRITTON LECJ: Disorders of the blood, 1939, The Blakiston Co., Philadelphia, chapter III, p. 43. Google Scholar8. WRIGHTLUDDEN ISJB: Treatment with vitamin C (cevitamic acid-ascorbic acid), Med. Clin. N. Am., 1940, xxiv, 743. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. CRANDONLUNDDILL JHCHDB: Experimental human scurvy, New England Jr. Med., 1940, ccxxiii, 353. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. OLDS JM: Some original studies in vitamin C. Paper delivered before Newfoundland Med. Assoc., 1941. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication April 6, 1943.From the Department of Medicine, New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, Columbia University, and the Bonne Bay Cottage Hospital, Department of Health and Welfare, Norris Point, Newfoundland.The vitamins used in these studies were supplied through the courtesy of Merck and Company, Rahway, N. J. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDietary Intakes of Vitamin C in IcelandBrief Review of the Science of MeatFŒTAL NUTRITION—VITAMINSNutritional Status of Children: III. Blood Serum Vitamin C1 1 January 1944Volume 20, Issue 1Page: 1-11KeywordsHealth surveysHospital medicineNutritionVitamin C ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1944 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright, 1944, by The American College of PhysiciansPDF downloadLoading ...