Abstract
Summary The capillary resistance method of Dalldorf has been applied to anumber of normal individuals and a great variation in their responses found. Young children tend to have a higher resistance than older children or adults. No improvement in the capillary resistance following administration of tomato juice was observed in a group of eighty adults. These were in an institution, their diet was well controlled, and it was one low in vitamin C. Several children suffering from scurvy or known to have had no source of vitamin C for weeks were found to have normal resistances. In ten of eleven subjects viosterol in moderate doses or irradiation with an ultraviolet lamp promptly raised the capillary resistance.
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