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"Why, she hasn't eaten this way in months.” "And she looks like a million."

Wetzel et al. found that "clinical changes after B12 administra-
tion were those of increased physical vigor, alertness, better
general behavior, but above all, a definite increase in appetite."
-Science 110:651

In another study, Chow compared children to whom B12 had
been administered orally with a control group. He found that
"the mean gain in body weight of the experimental group was
practically twice that of the control group."

-7. Nutrition 43:323

The value of B, in combating anorexia has been long established.

TROPHITE for appetite

The delicious high potency combination of

B12 (25 mcg. per teaspoonful)
B1 (10 mg. per teaspoonful)

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REDISOL-Vitamin B,,-used as a dietary supplement often stimulates appetite with consequent weight gain-youngsters look forward to their meals again.

Cherry-flavored REDISOL Elixir (5 mcg. per 5 cc.) and soluble REDISOL Tablets (25, 50, 100, 250 mcg.) mix readily with liquids.

MSD MERCK SHARP & DOHME

DIVISION OF MERCK & CO., INC PHILADELPHIA 1, PA.

Two out of bed...
One out of Bo?

"...it would seem wise to give special attention to the needs and intakes of vitamin B. of infants less than 6 months of age."

The wakeful baby who turns
father into a floor-walker may
simply lack B.. Infant for-
mulas and mother's milk may
fail to provide sufficient
amounts of this "happy-baby
vitamin." That's why basic
baby vitamin supplementation
calls for Zymabasic, the for-
mula with all four: A, D, and
C, plus B..

OTHER B. DEFICIENCY
SYMPTOMS:

irritability, regurgitation, gas-
tric pain, convulsions1a

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Hormones

Adrenal Steroid: The Decadron brand of dexamethasone was proclaimed by its makers as ushering in a new decade in corticosteroid therapy (Fig. 10). before such a promise could be justified by sound clinical evidence. Subsequent experience soon convinced critical physicians that, in general, this compound was no better than other corticosteroids which had been available for some time, such as prednisone; frequency and severity of side effects were usually no less when comparable therapeutic dosages were employed--dexamethasone is quantitatively more potent, but acts qualitatively like previous steroids. The most that can be claimed is that biologic differences among individuals occasionally allow one steroid to serve the needs of a particular patient better than another. Physicians did not have to be "educated" in a revolutionary concept of therapy with adrenal steroids,

Fig. 10a

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announcing

a new order of magnitude in corticosteroid therapy!

The great corticosteroid era opened ten years ago with the introduction of Cortone (Cortisone). Today, MERCK SHARP & DOHME proudly presents the crowning achievement of the first corticosteroid decadeDECADRON (dexamethasone) -a new and unique compound, which brings a new order of magnitude to corticosteroid therapy.

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