THE ROLE OF A VITAMIN
Vitamin A is, in some ways, like a policeman. A policeman cannot make people good but, by being present, he can stop them from being bad. It was believed that vitamin A possessed some power of preventing infection, especially in connection with respiratory disorders. Dr. S. W. Clausen and Dr. A.B. McCord, of the University of Rochester Medical School (U.S.A.), found that the presence of adequate amounts of the vitamin did not prevent infections, but that the absence of adequate supplies of it permitted such infections. During fevers, they observed," the body uses its stored vitamin A at a rapid rate, and when the fever subsides replenishes the supply at a faster than normal rate.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 132, 5 June 1937, Page 11
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120THE ROLE OF A VITAMIN Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 132, 5 June 1937, Page 11
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