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REVIEW OF CERTAIN RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS

HUGH R. BUTT, M.D.; WILLIAM V. LEARY, M.D.; RUSSELL M. WILDER, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1942;69(2):277-343.

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Advances in the field of nutrition in the past have been of interest only to a limited few. Since the recent national emergency, however, advances in this field have become of great importance to every one. The potential necessity of limitation of buying power makes it now important that every one be acquainted with what and how much food constitutes a well balanced diet. A national campaign to inform the public in this direction already has begun.

Studies of vitamins and other essential nutrient substances during the past year have been most actively conducted. The general recognition and acceptance of the conception that deficiency of vitamins usually is multiple rather than single is encouraging. The close relation between the liver and metabolism of vitamins again has been emphasized, and important advances in this direction have been accomplished.

VITAMIN A

Chemical and Physiologic Properties.

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Author Affiliations
Fellow in Medicine, the Mayo Foundation; ROCHESTER, MINN.

From the Division of Medicine (Dr. Butt and Dr. Wilder), the Mayo Clinic.