Abstract
The experiments of Whipple and Robscheit-Robbins 1 have given rise to an extensive knowledge of the effects of various articles of diet on the regeneration of blood in dogs rendered chronically anemic by repeated bleeding. The most important application of this fundamental work to the therapy of anemia was made by Minot and Murphy, 2 who reported extraordinarily good results from the administration of liver in pernicious anemia. These results have been abundantly confirmed. The use of liver in the diet has become so general that it is frequently difficult for patients to obtain it, so much so that it is necessary to investigate the therapeutic effects of other foods which Whipple and Robscheit-Robbins have found to be effective, particularly kidney and apricots, both of which caused active regeneration in the anemic dogs.
In this paper are reported observations on the course of blood regeneration in two cases of pernicious anemia who were fed diets containing 250 gm. of kidney daily. The diets contained no red muscle, no foods other than kidney found to be of high value in blood regeneration by Whipple and Robscheit-Robbins, except small amounts of apricots, prunes, and other fruits, given as desserts.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.