Article1 March 1936INTENSIVE LIVER THERAPY IN SPRUEPHILIP CORR, M.D., F.A.C.P.PHILIP CORR, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-9-9-1182 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA recent report by Rhoads and Miller1indicates that adequate liver therapy is as satisfactory in sprue as it is in the somewhat related condition of pernicious anemia. These excellent results with liver therapy have stimulated an increase in the recognition of nontropical cases of sprue which are often reported as cases of chronic idiopathic steatorrhea. Mackie,2in July 1933, was able to find only 28 unquestioned cases of nontropical sprue and he added one of his own. Increased recognition of cases is evidenced by the fact that by March 1935 Snell3was able to state that there were well...Bibliography1. RHOADSMILLER CPDK: Intensive liver extract therapy of sprue, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1934, ciii, 387-391. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. MACKIE TT: Nontropical sprue, Med. Clin. N. Am., 1933, xvii, 165-185. Google Scholar3. SNELLCAMPWATKINS AMJDCH: Nontropical sprue, Proc. Staff Meet. Mayo Clinic, 1935, x, 177-185. Google Scholar4. SNELLCAMP AMJD: Chronic idiopathic steatorrhea, Arch. Int. Med., 1934, liii, 615-630. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. COMFORT MW: The diagnostic value of steatorrhea and azotorrhea in chronic pancreatitis, Med. Clin. N. Am., 1934, xviii, 519-529. Google Scholar6. STURGISISAACSGOLDHAMERBETHELLFARRAR CCRMSFHGE: Blood, Arch. Int. Med., 1935, lv, 1001-1081. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. SPIES TD: The medical treatment of early pellagra, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1935, cv, 1028. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. ASHFORD BK: Sprue (in CECIL'S Textbook of medicine, 1933, 390-394, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia). Google Scholar9. CASTLERHOADS WBCP: The etiology and treatment of sprue in Puerto Rico, Lancet, 1932, i, 1198. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. FAIRLEY NH: Sprue; its applied pathology, biochemistry, and treatment, Trans. Roy. Soc. Trop. Med. and Hyg., 1930, xxiv, 2. Google Scholar11. LOWFAIRLEY GCNH: Fatal perforation of the cecum in a case of sprue, Brit. Med. Jr., 1934, ii, 678-679. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. FAIRLEYKELNER NHTP: Gastro-jejuno-colic fistula with megalocytic anemia simulating sprue, Brit. Med. Jr., 1931, ii, 1335-1341. Google Scholar13. CORRBOECK PWC: Chronic ulcerative enteritis, Am. Jr. Dig. Dis. and Nutr., 1934, i, 161-164. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. RHOADSCASTLE CPWB: The pathology of the bone marrow in sprue anemia, Am. Jr. Path., 1933, 813-827. Google Scholar15. MANSON-BAHR P: On nontropical or indigenous sprue, Jr. Trop. Med. and Hyg., 1929, xxxii, 118, 119. Google Scholar16. AGRAMONTE A: Trans. Internat. Conference on health problems in tropical America, Kingston, Jamaica, 1924, p. 703, United Fruit Co., Boston. Google Scholar17. BLOOMFIELDWYCKOFF ALHA: Remission in sprue following a high liver diet, Calif. and West. Med., 1927, xxvii, 659-660. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Riverside, California*Received for publication October 10, 1935. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 March 1936Volume 9, Issue 9Page: 1182-1186KeywordsLiverPernicious anemia ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1936 PDF downloadLoading ...