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Skimmed milk and Kwashiokor
Abstract
An investigation to determine the precise factors in skimmed milk which are responsible for initiating the cure of kwashiorkor has been reported elsewhere. As part of this investigation a series of cases were treated with skimmed milk, some with and some without a vitamin supplement. It was shown that the vitamin supplement made no significant difference to the rate of cure. In a limited number of cases an imported dried skimmed milk appeared to be superior to the locallymade product. To clarify this observation a larger number of cases has now been brought into each series. In addition a further group has been treated with fresh skimmed milk containing a protein and vitamin supplement. In this communication we refer to the relative effectiveness of these 4 skimmed-milk formulae in the initiation of cure of this syndrome.
