Article1 December 1930Avitaminosis Complicated by Cestodiasis; Case ReportJ. A. MCINTOSH, M.D., F.A.C.P.J. A. MCINTOSH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-4-6-613 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAvitaminoses occur in man and other animals when diets poor or deficient in vitamins are eaten, but attention to protozoa and metazoa as "Vitamin robbers" in the intestinal tract capable of inducing avitaminosis in the host if the diet is below normal therein has not been recognized and given emphasis.We are familiar with the saying that a good appetite in the presence of malnutrition is suggestive of tape worm infestation, and such metazoa as the broad tape worm of the fish and the hookworm are known to cause secondary anemias, but they are not generally regarded as "Vitamin robbers"...References1 STITT ER: Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work, and Animal Parasitology, 7th edition, 1923, 714; Publishers, P. Blakiston's Son and Company. Google Scholar2 SIMON CE: A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis, etc., 10th edition, 1922, 457; Publisher, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia. Google Scholar3 HALL MC: The Relations of Human and Veterinary Parasitology, Journal A. M. A., April 19, 1930, Vol. 94, No. 16, 1189. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4 SHERMANSPOHN HCA: A Critical Investigation and an Application of the Rat Growth Method for the Study of Vitamin B, Jour. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1923, Vol. 45, No. 11, 2719. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 GOLDBERGERWHEELERLILLIEROGERS JGARDLM: A Further Study of Butter, Fresh Beef, and Yeast as Pellagra Preventives, with Consideration of the Relation of Factor P-P of Pellagra (and Black Tongue of Dogs) to Vitamin B. U. S. Public Health Reports, 1926, Vol. 141, No. 8, 297. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 SMITH SL: Vitamins in Food Materials. U. S. Dept. Agric., Circular 1929, No. 84. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Memphis, Tenn.*Read before the Memphis and Shelby County Medical Society April 15, 1930. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 December 1930Volume 4, Issue 6Page: 613-619KeywordsAnemiaDietHookwormsMalnutritionVitamins ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1930 PDF downloadLoading ...