Word: reichstein
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Dates: during 1938-1938
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Viiamin C. Most convenient sources of this anti-scurvy vitamin are oranges and lemons. In 1932 it was produced artificially by Chemist Tadeus Reichstein of Zurich, is now available to physicians in cheap form. Last week Modern Medicine announced that University of Chicago's Dr. Siegfried Maurer and associates* had given "restful and apparently normal sleep" to 60 healthy but insomniac patients by feeding them one to three grams of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) daily. One group, which was insane, required a larger dose. As soon as the patients achieved a normal sleep, vitamin treatment was discontinued...