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Word: viosterol (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1932-1932
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...sellers was not nearly so bad before what happened last year when Dr. Halibut Fish was certified as an accumulator of concentrated Vitamin A in his liver. His Vitamin D content was less significant. Abbott Laboratories of Chicago and Parke, Davis fortified A-rich halibut liver oil with viosterol (a concentrated Vitamin D), called the product haliver (portmanteau for halibut liver) oil with viosterol, and exploited the trade name Haliver so vigorously, that Mead Johnson last month took six consecutive pages of advertising in one journal to remind doctors, in large sultry yellow, type, that "The Fish's . . . Name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Drs. Cod, Halibut & Salmon | 12/12/1932 | See Source »

Nutritionists this year are stressing Vitamin A. Vitamin D?derived from cod or halibut liver oils, manufactured as viosterol, or developed in the body by natural or artificial sunlight?is essential for the utilization of bone building lime salts in the body. Vitamin A, however, now appears to be the body's best soldier against aisease. Best, appetizing sources of Vitamin A are butter, whole milk, egg yolk, edible green leaves (spinach, lettuce, celery leaves, beet tops), yellow corn, sweet potatoes, carrots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Food for Rich & Poor | 11/21/1932 | See Source »

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