Night Blindness and Its Speedy Cure with Liver
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Sir,?In your August number, I have just read Dr. J. M. Richardson's letter regarding night-blindness and its speedy cure under treatment with liver. Obviously, there are cases of functional night-blindness in which there are no ophthalmic changes and which are the result merely of defective nutrition, anaemia, ill-health, etc. The rapid improvement under liver treatment is not, therefore, surprising while conversely, failure of treatment with cod-liver oil is also not surprising, as it is a truism that only certain brands of this are of any medical value.?Yours, etc.
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