Vitamin U therapy of peptic ulcer; experience at San Quentin Prison.

Abstract

A clinical study was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of concentrated cabbage juice in the treatment of peptic ulcers. Patients at San Quentin Prison with a diagnosed ulcer crater were treated in a double blind control experiment. They were given either concentrated cabbage juice or placebo facsimile. The evaluation of the merit of this treatment was based upon repeated x-ray examinations of the ulcer crater. A period of 22 days was allowed for ulcer crater healing time. The results of this experiment indicated concentrated cabbage juice to be effective in healing of peptic ulcer.

• Authors: G CHENEY, S H WAXLER, I J MILLER
• Journal: California medicine (Calif Med) Vol. 84 Issue 1 Pg. 39-42 (Jan 1956) ISSN: 0008-1264 [Print] United States
• PMID: 13276831 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Vitamins
• Vitamin A
• Vitamin K
• Vitamin U

Topics

• Biomedical Research
• Brassica
• Double-Blind Method
• Humans
• Peptic Ulcer (therapy)
• Physical Examination
• Prisons
• Telecommunications
• Vitamin A
• Vitamin K
• Vitamin U
• Vitamins (therapeutic use)
• Wound Healing