A nutrition foundations' reprint of Scurvy, past and present | Scurvy, past and present | Scurvy, past and present
1982
Hess, Alfred F.
Abstract: The importance of Alfred Hess's studies of scurvy and rickets is discussed. Contemporaries comment on the relevance of Mr. Hess's research; more than 100 of his publications are referenced. Contents include: a history of scurvy; pathogenesis and etiology; the antiscorbutic vitamin; pathology; experimental scurvy, symptomatology and diagnosis; prognosis; treatment; metabolism; and relation of scurvy to other diseases. A number of illustrations and tables are included. (kbc).
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Publisher Press | New York : Academic Press, 1982
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