TY  - JOUR
T1  - Antiscorbutics: Ii
Y1  - 1919/08/02
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1919.02610310032010
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 338
EP  - 339
VL  - 73
IS  - 5
N2  - In a previous issue of The Journal,1 reference was made to some of the experiences which have led to the development of diverse sorts of antiscorbutic products available for the purposes of infant nutrition. It is not necessary to refer back to the older expeditions in search of the North Pole or to the experiences of our Civil War to learn how essential antiscorbutic foods may be to an adult as well as to the growing infant. The changes in our food supplies have altered the dietary habits of mankind;2 and, although in normal peace times the tendency toward a liberal supply of varied foods is likely to avert widespread deficiencies of essential factors, this is far from being the case under war-time conditions. Scurvy made its appearance in Europe among troops and civilians when the exigencies of the situation in which they were inadvertently placed compelled them
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1919.02610310032010
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1919.02610310032010
ER  -