Record

RefNoHF/1/19/5/28/18
Previous numbers98HF.210.6.18
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Howard Walter Florey to Ben May, Mobile, Alabama
Date20 December 1954
DescriptionThanks for letter - comments on possibility of finding out things empirically - although gastric juice contains material which influence certain diseases, little evidence that disorders of the juice influence genesis of diseases - comments on study of cause of pernicious anaemia - says they are investigating mucins - has been suggested that Castle's intrinsic factor is a mucin or muco-protein - comments on work on Castle's factor - discusses difficulty of obtaining pig gastric juice and of organising clinical trial - comments on treatment of beriberi - gastric juice might contain vitamin B1 - comments on difficulty of determining what methods of treatment really have beneficial effects on human disease - thanks for whisky.
Extent3pp
FormatCarbon copy
AccessStatusOpen
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