VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES IN DIARRHEAL STATES

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Abstract
In the light of present knowledge of nutrition made available by the recent discovery and clinical trial of synthetic vitamins, it is well to appraise the role of disorders other than malnutrition itself which predispose to or precipitate nutritional deficiency syndromes. We know that most deficiency diseases result from a combination of adverse circumstances rather than from a single one. This is well illustrated in cases of so-called secondary deficiencies which follow organic disease. We have been particularly interested in the vitamin B complex factors and in the disease states which result from an inadequacy or complete absence of these factors. Many circumstances may operate in preventing a person from receiving an optimal amount of the vitamins which he requires. Not only may his intake be inadequate, but his powers of assimilation and utilization of these substances may be impaired. Thus diseases and disorders of the alimentary tract play an

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