THE INFLUENCE OF VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES ON OTHER DISEASES
Authors: John B. Youmans
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1939)

Article1 December 1939THE INFLUENCE OF VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES ON OTHER DISEASESJOHN B. YOUMANS, M.D., F.A.C.P.JOHN B. YOUMANS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-6-980 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is a popular practice at the present time to give large doses of vitamins in various diseases. Three ideas seem to be the basis of this practice. First, is the belief that a vitamin deficiency may be related etiologically to the disease in question. Second, that the disease may cause or precipitate a deficiency, a so-called "conditioned deficiency." Third, that a preëxisting deficiency or one developing during an illness has an unfavorable effect on the course of the disease in question and that this unfavorable influence can be abolished by relieving the deficiency.With regard to the first it...Bibliography1. MARTINHEISE GJFH: Vitamin C nutrition in pulmonary tuberculosis, Am. Jr. Digest. Dis. and Nutr., 1937-38, iv, 368. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. HEISEMARTINSCHWARTZ FHGJS: The influence of the administration of vitamin C on blood sedimentation and sensitivity to tuberculin, Brit. Jr. Tuberc., 1937, xxxi, 23. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. RADFORDDE SAVITSCHSWEANY MEHC: Blood changes following continuous daily administration of vitamin C and orange juice to tuberculous patients, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1937, xxxv, 784. Google Scholar4. GREENESTINERKRAMER MRMB: The rôle of chronic vitamin C deficiency in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis in the guinea pig, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1936, xxxiii, 585. Google Scholar5. OTTO H: Die Behandlung der Diphtherie mit Ascorbinsäure, Klin. Wchnschr., 1936, xv, 1510. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. OMERODUNKAUFWHITE MJBMFD: A further report on the ascorbic acid treatment of whooping cough, Canad. Med. Assoc. Jr., 1937, xxxvii, 268. Google Scholar7. OTANI T: Uber die Vitamin C-Therapie des Keuchhustens, Klin. Wchnschr., 1936, xv, 1884. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8 GAIRDNER D: Vitamin C in the treatment of whooping cough, Brit. Med. Jr., 1938, ii, 742. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. RINEHART JF: Studies relating vitamin C deficiency to rheumatic fever and rheumatoid arthritis; experimental, clinical, and general considerations. I. Rheumatic fever, ANN. INT. MED., 1935-36, ix, 586. LinkGoogle Scholar10. RINEHART JF: Studies relating vitamin C deficiency to rheumatic fever and rheumatoid arthritis; experimental, clinical and general considerations. II. Rheumatoid (atrophic) arthritis, ANN. INT MED., 1935-36, ix, 671. LinkGoogle Scholar11. PERRY CB: Rheumatic heart disease and vitamin C, Lancet, 1935, ii, 426. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. BULLOWAROTHSTEINRATISHHARDE JGIAHDE: Cevitamic acid excretion in pneumonias and some other pathological conditions, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1936, xxxiv, 1. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. INGALLSWARREN THHA: Asymptomatic scurvy: its relation to wound healing and its incidence in patients with peptic ulcer, New England Jr. Med., 1937, ccxvii, 443. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. LANMANINGALLS THTH: Vitamin C deficiency and wound healing. An experimental and clinical study, Ann. Surg., 1937, cv, 616. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. ARCHERGRAHAM HEG: The subscurvy state in relation to gastric and duodenal ulcer, Lancet, 1936, ii, 364. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. PAYNE RT: The post-mortem findings after partial gastrectomy, St. Barth. Hosp. Rep., 1936, lix, 191. Google Scholar17. JEGHERS H: The degree and prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in adults. With a note on its experimental production in human beings, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1937, cix, 756. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. SHIBLEYSPIES GSTD: The effect of vitamin A on the common cold, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1934, ciii, 2021. CrossrefGoogle Scholar19. WEISSWILKINS SRW: The nature of the cardiovascular disturbances in nutritional deficiency states (beriberi), ANN. INT. MED., 1937-38, xi, 104. LinkGoogle Scholar20. JONESSURE WAB: The rôle of vitamin B1 in cardiovascular diseases, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1936-37, xxii, 991. Google Scholar21. VORHAUSWILLIAMSWATERMAN MGRRRE: Studies on crystalline vitamin B1: observations in diabetes, Am. Jr. Digest. Dis. and Nutr., 1935-36, ii, 541. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Nashville, Tennessee*Read at the New Orleans meeting of the American College of Physicians.From Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byKlinik und Therapie der Vitamin C-MangelkrankheitenThe use of vitamin B1 in diabetes mellitus: A clinical study 1 December 1939Volume 13, Issue 6Page: 980-986 ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1939 PDF downloadLoading ...