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By Charles C. Higgins, M.D. Price, $3.00. Pp. 140, with 18 figures. Springfield, Ill.: Charles C Thomas, Publisher, 1943.

Arch Intern Med. 1943;71(5):740.

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This little book, handsomely printed and illustrated, is an elaboration of the author's Beaumont Lecture on renal lithiasis. A considerable portion of the text is devoted to reports of the animal experiments on which the author bases his view that vitamin A deficiency plays a major role in the development of certain types of renal stone. A section on operative treatment comes next, and finally diet lists of foods high in acid ash and vitamins. There are a bibliography and an index. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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