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20. 



(a) the proper purified vitamins (if the pa- 

 tient can afford this), or 



(b) a fortification of the diet by appropriate 

 foods 



Prescribe, as above, in the following cases: 

 a. the patient complains of a lack of 



"pep" and appetite and a thorough 

 examination fails to reveal any tangi- 

 ble pathology 

 b. the youngster is "small for his age," 

 has scaly patches around the mouth 

 and ears, and doesn't see very well 



FURTHER READINGS 



Chemistry of Food and Nutrition, by H. C. 



Sherman; New York, 1946. 



Vitamins, by Henry Borsook; New York, 



1941. 



Nutritional Deficiencies, by J. B. Youmans; 



Philadelphia, 1943. 



Great Experiments in Biology, sections on 

 vitamins, by C. Eijkman, B. C. Jansen, W. F. 

 Donath. K. Lohmann, and P. Schuster, ed. 

 by M. Gabriel and S. Fogel: Englewood Cliffs. 

 N. J., 1955. 



