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The infants received 20 drops of the extract (the equivalent of 83 gm. of 

 rice polishings) every two hours. "Improvement was immediate. The 

 vomiting stops in 24-36 hours. The child, who has not passed any urine 



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Fig. 3. Severe polyneuritis. Spastic 

 vitamin prepared from brewer's yeast. 



type. Received intramuscularly 4 mg. 



in several days, urinates five or six times freely. The edema disappears 

 in the course of a few days. Usually on the first night after treatment is 

 begun the infant falls into a deep sleep, although it may have been prac- 

 tically sleepless for several weeks. The dyspnea and palpitation cease 



Fig. 4. Same pigeon as illustrated by Fig. 3, three hours after treatment. (The 

 author is indebted to Dr. Casimir Funk for permission to reproduce these illustrations.) 



after two or three days. At the end of a week, or less time, the patients 

 are completely cured with the exception of the aphonia." This symptom 

 finally disappears after about two months of treatment. Similar results 

 were obtained in adult patients by Williams and Saleeby (1915) and by 



