NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY
Authors: GEORGE R.  MINOT
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1938)

Article1 October 1938NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCYGEORGE R. MINOT, M.D., S.D., F.R.C.P. (Edin. and Lond.), F.A.C.P.GEORGE R. MINOT, M.D., S.D., F.R.C.P. (Edin. and Lond.), F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-12-4-429 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptNutrition is the process of using substances derived from food for growth and for maintaining the integrity of the living organism. It consists, as McCarrison1has stated, in the taking into the body proper and in the assimilation there of materials with which the tissues of the body are built up, their waste repaired and their deterioration prevented. The materials affecting the function of nutrition are oxygen, water, protein derivatives, fats, carbohydrates, mineral elements, and vitamins, among which may be included material effective in pernicious anemia. 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