THE RESPONSE OF CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER TO AN INTENSIVE COMBINED THERAPY
Authors: L M MORRISON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1946)

Article1 March 1946THE RESPONSE OF CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER TO AN INTENSIVE COMBINED THERAPYLESTER M. MORRISON, M.D., F.A.C.P.LESTER M. MORRISON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-24-3-465 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptUntil this decade the diagnosis of cirrhosis of the liver was generally regarded as the death knell of the patient. Most clinicians looked on the unfortunate victim of this disease as a "hopeless" or incurable case; they were concerned only with the length of time remaining for the patient to live. When ascites developed, as a rule the only therapeutic measure of direct value was believed to be repeated removal of the ascitic fluid by paracentesis, with the final paracentesis to be performed by the pathologist on the autopsy table.However, Patek's revolutionary studies in human patients1, 2, 3opened...Bibliography1. PATEK AJ: Treatment of alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver with high vitamin therapy, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1937, xxxvii, 329. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. PATEKPOST AJJ: Treatment of cirrhosis of the liver by a nutritious diet and supplements rich in vitamin B complex, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1941, xx, 481. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. PATEK AJ: Dietary treatment of Laennec's cirrhosis with special reference to early stages of the disease, Bull. New York Acad. Med., 1943, xix, 498. Google Scholar4. HOAGLAND CL: In Conferences on Therapy: The modern treatment of cirrhosis of the liver and hepatic insufficiency, New York State Jr. Med., 1943, cxliii, 1041. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: LESTER M. MORRISON, M.D., F.A.C.P.*Received for publication Sept. 9, 1945.Studies arising in part from Grant No. 420, American Medical Association, Council on Chemistry and Pharmacy, Committee on Therapeutic Research.Formerly at the Gastro-Intestinal Clinic, Temple University Medical School and Hospital and the Division of Medicine, Philadelphia General Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byEffects of Ethanol on Nutritional StatusPlasma amino acid abnormalities in the alcoholicStudies on the Effect of Intravenously Administered Choline Chloride in Patients with and Without Liver DiseaseLipogram Studies in Coronary AtherosclerosisDie Krankheiten der Leber und der GallenwegeResults of betaine treatment of AtherosclerosisNITROGEN BALANCE STUDIES IN LAENNEC'S CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER*WALTER R. COOK, HOWARD A. 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